Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. October Baby arrives in theaters today. The highly-anticipated film about a teen abortion survivor (Rachel Hendrix) who sets out on an emotional journey to find her birth mother is the passion project of the Jon and Andrew Erwin who produced it together. Andrew and…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1.  Ark! Who goes there? From Deadline: Russell Crowe is set to float the boat as Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s edgy Biblical re-telling of Noah’s Ark. 2. OWNing up to problems @ Oprah’s network. From MediaBistro: Oprah Winfrey‘s struggling network, OWN, is headed for some major…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Papal plug? Not officially, but Pope Benedict XVI will sorta help in the publicity promoting the new film For Greater Glory  during his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba. On March 25th, the pontiff will will celebrate mass for  over 400,000 on…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Date set for epic tale of religious persecution. ARC Entertainment has announced that the period action film For Greater Glory (formerly titled Cristiada) opens June 1 in theaters across the country. The film’s story unfolds against the true story of the Cristero…

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