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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,…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/10/23 Jim Caviezel as Tim Ballard Disney cast-off Sound of Freedom continues to defy Hollywood expectations. The relatively inexpensive Angel Studios hit (a taut true story about true-life hero Tim Ballard‘s daring heartfelt quest to rescue a sex trafficked child) took the third spot…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/07/23 Who the heck is Tim Ballard, you ask? He’s the real-life hero who put his life on the line to rescue sex-trafficked children portrayed by Jim Caviezel in Sound of Freedom, the new Angel Studios theatrical release that I reviewed in this space…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/03/23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfn2oy9bYdM Sounds like a hit. Sources tell Deadline: From out of nowhere, Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent who left the department after he was frustrated with the U.S. rescue efforts with trafficked children in…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: o6/30/23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyyyKcfJRGQ&t=146s The passion of Jim Caviezel. TV fans know him for his acclaimed performance as the mysterious hero he played for five seasons on the hit CBS sci-fi crime drama Person of Interest – but Jim Caviezel will be quick to tell you that…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/28/23 Sheila’s journey. A native of Scotland, Sheila Walsh first became known to American audiences co-hosting The 700 Club with the recently-deceased evangelist (and one-time presidential candidate) Pat Robertson in the late eighties and early nineties. From there, she went on to make her…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/23/23 Image from The New York Post What comes after Generation Z? Even the moniker given to today’s teens and young adults suggests a generation with no future – as if they’re, basically, the end of the line. Is it any wonder that, as…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/21/23 A cautionary tale of hope. In her self-revealing memoir Journey of the Self: Memoir of an Artist painter/poet Ruth Poniarski bravely presents a portrait of her younger self in the New York of the late 1770s and early 1980s when, after unintentionally ingesting PCP…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/19/23 The journey to Juneteenth began with Emancipation. Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation only went so far in ending American slavery as it only applied to states still in rebellion against the Union. It did not apply…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/16/23 Great American Media and Sony Pictures Television’s Pure Flix have officially completed their previously announced merger.  The deal joins Great American Media’s family-friendly linear and FAST (free ad-supporting streaming TV) channels with the Pure Flix faith-and-family service into a single consolidated entity. Great…
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