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Tis the season for joyful Christmas movies on Great American Pure Flix
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/08/23 Your Great American Pure Flix’s Great American 2023 Christmas movie guide is here. In a year in which hopeful holiday stories are perhaps more yearned for than ever, the newly-merged company continues to unfurl its impressive 2023 slate of family-friendly fare. Here are…
Media Scroll: In their own ways Bill Maher and Bass Reeves both defend the West
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/06/23 Here are a couple media items that caught my attention over the weekend. From Bill Maher: For all the progressives and academics who refer to Israel as an “outpost of Western civilization” like it’s a bad thing, please note: Western civilization is what…
Great American Pure Flix Chief Content Officer Candace Cameron Bure announces streamer’s 2023 Christmas streaming slate
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/03/23 Great American Christmas sneak peek. Entering its first Christmas as Great American Pure Flix following this summer’s merger, Great American Media’s new Chief Content Officer Candace Cameron Bure posted the above video heralding the faith and family streaming service’s expansive two-month focus on…
The star and creators of Bentkey’s “A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay” on reviving the spirit of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” for a new generation of kids
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/01/23 New episodes of A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay drop every Saturday on Bentkey. So, is the kidcentric streaming service from the people behind the conservative Daily Wire media operation really agenda free? IMHO, After watching an episode of Mabel Maclay, one of…
Author Stan D. Williams harnesses Halloween horror in Catholic-themed “Wizard Clip Haunting”+ Review: Netflix unveils “All the Light We Cannot See”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/30/23 True terror? A filmmaker, author, and screenplay consultant, Stan D. Williams is known for his book The Moral Premise: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success defining a clear sense of morality as an essential ingredient in developing stories that will not only…
What’s new in November + Out-of-touch TV and movie critics + Baseball’s real homeruns
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/27/23 Here’s a look at what’s happening media-wise as we move into the holiday season. Don McLean’s Christmas Memories. The music legend has just released his latest album. Arriving today, Christmas Memories: Remixed & Remastered boasts twelve tracks and features such classic yuletide numbers…
Jewish-American journalist Jonathan Tobin reacts to America’s reaction to Israel’s 9/11
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/25/23 Jewish News Syndicate Editor-in-Chief Jonathan S. Tobin “Useful idiots.” That’s how Jonathan S. Tobin, the New York City born-and-educated (at Columbia University) editor-in-chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate), views Americans (and others) citing “humanitarian concerns” as they push for a ceasefire and oppose…
An Orthodox Jew and expert on fragile states offers his thoughts on how organized faith can help heal a fractured world
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/23/23 When everything goes bad everywhere all at once. Whether you’re tuning into the world or national news, chances are the bulk of what you’re seeing and hearing isn’t comforting. While the world appears to be teetering on the brink of all-out war, domestically…
Can civility save civilization? + Hope floats in George Clooney’s upcoming Christmas release “The Boys in the Boat”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/20/23 Click hate. If you’re like me you probably find the perusing of the comments section of any website (particularly the ones that deal with current events and politics) to be a disheartening activity as they have become places where any attempt at civil…
“The Chosen” producers choose theaters first for Season 4 + Crumbling Disney turns 100 amid emerging competition
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 10/18/23 The King of All Media. In what is probably a first for any TV/streaming series, the entire fourth season of the Christ-centered episodic drama The Chosen will premiere exclusively in movie theaters in the US and Canada before being released via streaming services…
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