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Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/01/23 Since I went off the grid off the grid in August: My wife and I saw Barbie. We originally intended to see Oppenheimer but the play times didn’t work out for us. While I still think those Barbenheimer memes were beyond crass, Barbie…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/31/23 In 2023, the fact-based faith-themed hits keep coming. Box office successes like Jesus Revolution (hitting Netflix today) and Sound of Freedom (still holding strong at #4 in its 4th week of release) are proving that there’s a large audience for movies featuring real-life…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/28/23 Murder, She Spoke. Rising multihyphenate Ansley Gordon, who also executive produced and wrote the teleplay, stars as true-crime podcaster Abby Broukes in this TV movie update of Murder, She Wrote (with Gordon playing a younger, somewhat hipper version of Angela Lansbury‘s Jessica Fletcher)…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/26/23 Bill Abbott of Great American Media and Pure Flix Brand builder. As reported here last month, Great American Media has officially merged with Sony’s Pure Flix subsidiary to build a powerhouse faith-and-family operation run by GAM President and CEO Bill Abbott who famously…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/24/23 Images from Warner Bros. & Universal Crass appeal. As the seemingly perpetually offended continue to snipe at just about everything – even popular hits like the anti-child sex trafficking movie Sound of Freedom (projected to tally a nearly $125 million total cumulative box…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/21/23 Angel Studios’ sleeper hit Sound of Freedom starring Jim Caviezel has crossed a major theatrical milestone – pulling in over $100 million at the box office. Since its #1 debut on July 4th (beating Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) the fact-based…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/19/23 Shawn Boskie is livin’ enough dreams for two fellas. In 1998 he concluded a successful nine-year Major League Baseball pitching career that included stints with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, and Baltimore Orioles. These days he’s a prolific filmmaker. Divine Influencer,…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/17/23 The Chosen, from Angel Studios Is a guardian angel looking after the producers of The Chosen? It seems so. From Deadline: The prayers of The Chosen fans have been answered with news that season four of the popular Jesus of Nazareth series has…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/14/23 Fisher of viewers. As reported here earlier, the worldwide streaming phenomenon known as The Chosen – which takes a unique episodic approach to presenting the life of Jesus Christ – has found a U.S. broadcast home on The CW as the previously youth-obsessed…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/12/23 The world of sports continues to provide a wealth of material for filmmakers inclined toward inspirational storytelling. Never Give Up, the true story of deaf tennis legend Brad Minns (played by Harrison Stone), is set to launch in select theaters nationwide on September,…
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