Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mass appeal? From The Hollywood Reporter: Kyle Chandler to Star in Showtime’s ‘The Vatican’ Pilot…The Vatican, a contemporary thriller about spirituality, power and politics, is set against the modern-day political machinations within the Catholic Church. The potential series would explore the relationships and rivalries in…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Silence of the critics.  From The Wrap: NBC’s “Hannibal” adaptation will occupy the Thursdays at 10 p.m. time slot, starting April 4…The series, which has received a 13-episode order from the network, will feature Lecter and his protege, FBI agent Will Graham, in the beginning…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. One of the most under-rated movies ever.   No doubt about it. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan displayed great screen chemistry. But, for my money, their best romantic pairing wasn’t in their hits Sleepless in Seattle or You’ve Got Mail but in film that…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. An alternative the budget sequester. They say politics is downstream of culture. So, let’s take a quick journey downstream. Here’s my suggested alternative to those proposed across-the-board cuts that were designed to be so devastatingly painful to both the military and domestic programs that…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Negative numbers. In the newly-released Fatherless, prolific Christian authors Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner not only collaborate — while each taking their first stab at a novel.(Kurt Bruner, it should be noted has some background in fiction, particularly in radio drama as an…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Ready, willing and Abel. With eight movies currently in the production pipeline and a western film slated to debut next month on The Hallmark Channel, Kevin Sorbo is easily one of busiest actors in Hollywood. Yet, after reading the script for Abel’s Field,  the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. From Vampires: Out for Blood to Abel’s Field.  So, it turns out Anne Rice isn’t the only one who can make the transition from spinning vampire tales to Christian-themed material.  Tore Knos, the producer of Abel’s Field, has made the journey as well. The result…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. “Sometime the hero is on the sideline.” So reads the tag line for Abel’s Field, the new faith-themed from Covenant Road Entertainment and Sony Pictures now available on DVD via Walmart and other outlets. There are actually two heroes at the center of the film…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The power of the message. If I needed any further of evidence that there’s a huge audience for faith-based drama, I didn’t have to look any further than the Times Square Church at 1657 Broadway (at 51st Street) last Friday night. I was invited…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Why is this not a huge story? From CBN: Pastor Saeed Abidini, an American imprisoned in Iran for his faith, was sentenced Sunday to eight years in prison. According to the American Center for Law and Justice, Pastor Saeed was verbally sentenced by Iran’s notorious “hanging…

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