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Short film submissions wanted $10,000 for films on fatherhood

21/12/2016 0 Comment

Short film submissions wanted $10,000 for films on fatherhood
December 21st, 2016

The Fatherhood CoMission and the Christian Worldview Film Festival have partnered to hold the second annual HONOR YOUR FATHER short film contest. The two groups urge filmmakers to use inspiration, humor, or drama in short film to promote a Biblical perspective of fatherhood, sharable on social media and appropriate to play in churches leading up to Father’s Day.

Filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds are ..

My favorite (non-movie) pop culture of 2016!

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Photo by Dafne Cholet, Flickr. CC Licensing.
2016 is coming to a close. And while there are a lot of reasons to be happy that we’re saying goodbye to this year, let’s not forget that this wasn’t a terrible year in every area. True, we might be skipping toward the apocalypse. But at least there were some fun diversions along the way.
My post for the best movies of 2016 will be coming later. I hope to have it up before the new year, but the fall has been so busy that I’m behind on movies. There ar..

Pureflix joining forces with ClearPlay to deliver clean(er) content to families

20/12/2016 0 Comment

Pureflix joining forces with ClearPlay to deliver clean(er) content to families
December 20th, 2016

PureFlix, a leader in the faith and family streaming video space, is partnering with ClearPlay Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah. To provide consumers original content, movies, TV shows and more completely free from any offensive language.

ClearPlay’s innovative playback filtering technology is designed to work with the PureFlix.com existing library of more than 5,000 titles. It also opens the do..

“It’s My Favorite” Talks Christmas!

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Photo by Antonio Castagna, Flickr. CC Licensing
So, Christmas is coming and I know there’s been a bit of a lull the past few months in blogging as I’ve finished my first semester of grad school. It’s been a busy, challenging few months, but as of about 24 hours ago, I’m done with class. Starting Friday, I’ll be off work for two days. In addition to enjoying the holidays with my family, I’m also looking forward to catching up on some movies and tending to this neglected site.
In the coming days a..

Sony Animation’s The Star — a Nativity film coming out next year — warms up its online marketing campaign

19/12/2016 0 Comment

Is it too early to think about next year’s Christmas movies?
The folks at Sony apparently hope it isn’t.
Today their “faith-based” division, Affirm Films, sent out an e-mail letting people know that the upcoming animated film The Star — about a donkey, a sheep, and some other animals who participate in the first Christmas — now has a website.
The film also has a few social-media accounts, but so far — apart from the brand-new banner above — there are no photos, no casting news and no details abo..

Watch: Jack Huston and Timur Bekmambetov sing Morgan Freeman’s praises in a clip from a Ben-Hur bonus feature

16/12/2016 0 Comment

Ben-Hur was one of the year’s biggest flops, and director Timur Bekmambetov thinks he knows why: he recently told a Russian news agency that the film failed at the box office because audiences prefer stories of revenge to stories about forgiveness.
That could be one of the reasons the film didn’t do so well, but I can think of a few others, too: the late-August release date, the lousy reviews, the perception that it was a niche “faith-based” film, and the utter lack of movie stars, to name just ..

Scorcese’s ‘Silence’ Asks What It Really Costs to Follow Jesus

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Martin Scorsese adapts Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed novel about faith, mission, and suffering.

It’s been 28 years since Martin Scorsese ruffled the feathers of many Christians with the controversial Last Temptation of Christ, a film condemned by the Roman Catholic Church (of which Scorsese is a member) and a key moment in the history of the culture wars. A sincere if uneven exploration of the “fully man” side of Jesus, Last Temptation angered many believers because of its suggestion that Jesus expe..

Mary Magdalene director Garth Davis says Rooney Mara’s version of the character will not be a prostitute

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Garth Davis is making the rounds to promote his first feature film Lion, which tells the true story of an Indian boy who was adopted by an Australian couple and then, as an adult, used Google Earth to find the village of his birth.
Along the way, Davis has also revealed one or two tidbits about his next film Mary Magdalene, which recently finished shooting in Italy.
In a video interview with Collider, for example, Davis confirmed that Mary Magdalene will not be a prostitute in his film, and he t..

Will the Force Be Strong with Rogue One?

15/12/2016 0 Comment

It will depend on if the film taps in to the secret of any good Star Wars movie.

“Star Wars at Christmas?” “Put it back in May where it belongs.”

Some Star Wars fans had “a bad feeling about this” when The Force Awakens was scheduled for December 18, 2015. But complaints were forgotten when the movie opened to rave reviews.

Me, I’ve associated Star Wars with Christmas since I opened my first Star Wars toys on Christmas morning in 1977, while the original was still in theaters. Dozens of those..

‘La La Land’ Dances Between Love and Calling

13/12/2016 0 Comment

What Christians might take away from Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s latest hit.

Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers for the movie La La Land.

C. S. Lewis wrote, “Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing.”

Hollywood takes a different stance. On-screen love stories bring us dramatic clichés: happily-ever-afters, grand gestures that save the day, and sobbing protagonists railing against whatever tragic external obstacle drove them apart.

Damien Chazelle, the writer/d..