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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mayoral thumbs up. You can count Birmingham Mayor William Bell as among those weighing in with praise for The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Based on the very popular book The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, the world-premiere movie airs tonight (9/20)…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Watsons Go to Birmingham airs tomorrow night (9/20) @ 8:00 PM ET on Hallmark Channel’s Walden Family Theater. Synopsis: Based on the much-read novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mass roots appeal. If Zach Braff and Spike Lee can do it, why not Kevis Antonio? Like them, the young Catholic filmmaker has turned to the crowd-financing site Kickstarter to kickstart his own passion project.  Antonio is also borrowing a page from the Kendrick…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Everybody loves Rich. Opening on just 11 screens (in Florida, New York, Tennessee, Georgia and Colorado), The Investigator opened last week to surprisingly box office results — pulling in an average of $8,517 per screen according to Box Office Mojo. In fact, per screen,  with…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. From Sinner to Saint. After having acknowledged his sinfulness in his first book (the aptly-named) Sinner, Lino Rulli is now ready for what he sees as the logical next step in his faith journey — canonization. In fact, Saint: Why I Should Be Canonized…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The issue of cable bundling is getting a lot of attention this week. First the Parents Television Council reacted to a particularly violent episode on FX’s Sons of Anarchy with this statement “We urge Congress to take seriously the Television Consumer Freedom Act, which…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Living the dream. While I spent my weekend on the sofa steeped in self pity while fighting off a bout of food poisoning, Matthew Barnett spent his time a bit more nobly.  Between 2:00 PM Saturday and 2:00 PM Sunday, the pastor of LA’s…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Family TV staging a comeback on Hallmark Channel. The cable network launches a second season of Walden Family Theater with Dear Dumb Diary airing tonight (Friday 9/6) at 8:00 PM ET. Synopsis: The film, adapted from the popular book series by Jim Benton, features Emily…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Wonderful World of Walden. At one point or another (and under various titles), The Wonderful World of Disney aired on each to the then Big-3 broadcast networks from the fifties into the nineties. By the time the 2000’s rolled around, the broadcasters (including, ironically,…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Ultimate Life mini-review: I checked. Gratitude is not among the top trending topics on Google today. No surprise there. The undervalued value of gratitude certainly just doesn’t much attention these days. That’s why I’m grateful when a movie like The Ultimate Life comes…
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