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Producer DeVon Franklin on the box office success of “Breakthrough”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media and culture: $18 million + and counting. That’s the domestic box office take so far as Breakthrough (which debuted as Easter weekend’s #3 film) enters its second weekend of theatrical distribution. The film tells the true story of John Smith, a St. Louis teenager who fell through…
“Breakthrough” mom Joyce Smith talks about the real-life miracle that saved her son
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media and culture (Holy Week edition): Just in time for Easter: Breakthrough, the miraculous true-life story of a modern-day resurrection, arrives in theaters Wednesday, April 17. In recognition of the power of the film’s message, I’m reposting an interview I did with Joyce Smith, the mother of…
Media roundup: Ending medical debt + TV covers “Unplanned” + “Mayor Pete” talks faith on “The View”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: Christian Post reports on how innovative way churches can help people crushed by medical debt A Maryland church has wiped out nearly $2 million in medical debt impacting about 900 individuals and families across 14 counties in the Old Line state thanks to a…
Two very different movie choices this weekend
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: From the sublime to the horrifying, two films which may interest readers of this blog hit theaters this weekend. Dumbo is Tim Burton’s live-action/CGI remake of Walt Disney’s 1941 animated classic about am elephant with ears so big they become wings that allow him…
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