James Cameron’s Great Oration
While a New York Times op-ed piece calls Avatar ” a long apologia for pantheism ,” Wheaton College Associate Professor of Theology Jeffrey W.
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The Gritty Life of a Real Parish
Scenes from a Parish , which airs tonight on PBS ( check local listings ), is absorbing, conscience-stirring, and occasionally tinged with political correctness, but grounded in everyday reality. This superbly filmed Independent Lens documentary centers on St. Patrick Parish in Lawrenceville, Massachusetts, the poorest city in the state and the 23rd poorest in the nation
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Avatar and the Gospel According to James
New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis really likes Avatar , gushing that the film depicts a new “Eden” while giving it the prestigious “NYT Critics’ Pick.” But her colleague, op-ed columnist Ross Douthat , apparently doesn’t share those feelings, saying that James Cameron’s sci-fi epic is, “Like the holiday season itself . . .
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Mormon Films, Evangelical Audience?
A recent story in The Mormon Times reported that LDS filmmakers invited the Bridgestone Multimedia Group to Salt Lake City in an apparent effort to get some of its films into Christian bookstores. David Austin, vice president of sales and marketing at Bridgestone , told the newspaper he was “looking for films that don’t have any direct denominational connections, that won’t exclude or cause any group within the Christian community to be adverse to them. The better job we can do to make them have ecumenical appeal, the better chance they have for commercial success and a regional larger audience.” Mormom filmmaker Lyman Dayton is working with BYU on a remake of 1975’s Against a Crooked Sky , and sought Austin’s advice on making it appeal to a wider audience
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Carman Gets Biblical with Ruth
Eight years ago, he played an aging boxer in The Champion , a cheesy-but-decent family-friendly film about a retired boxer who finds his mojo and goes back into the ring to settle a few accounts. Haven’t heard much from Carman since then, but now he’s making another comeback — not as a pugilist, but as an Old Testament farmer named Boaz in the new DVD, The Book of Ruth , one of two new releases this week from PureFlix .
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‘How Sweet the Sound’: Lost Gets (Even More) Religious
With less than two months to go until the premiere of its sixth season, the TV show Lost has begun ramping up energy and excitement by releasing new promotional content around the world. In order to avoid spoiling the results of season five’s cliffhanger ending, promos for the final season have not revealed any new footage. Not than fans need any incentive to tune in — at this point, you’re either obsessed with the show or you could care less — but half the fun of following Lost is theorizing on every morsel of information, especially in these eight long months between seasons.
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‘Letters to God’ Trailer: A CT Exclusive
Letters to God , a true story directed by David Nixon (co-producer of Fireproof and Facing the Giants ), is about an 8-year-old boy’s brave battle with cancer and how his letters to God affect the local mailman. The film doesn’t hit theaters till April, and the official trailer doesn’t debut until next week
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Mormom Films, Evangelical Audience?
A recent story in The Mormon Times reported that LDS filmmakers invited the Bridgestone Multimedia Group to Salt Lake City in an apparent effort to get some of its films into Christian bookstores. David Austin, vice president of sales and marketing at Bridgestone , told the newspaper he was “looking for films that don’t have any direct denominational connections, that won’t exclude or cause any group within the Christian community to be adverse to them.
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Robin Hood: Men in Fights (Very Bloody Ones)
By the looks of the brand-new trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood , opening sometime in 2010 and starring Russell Crowe in the lead role, we’ve got another blood-fest on the way.
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The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations
This just in! HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION 2010 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 NOMINATIONS PRESS RELEASE Continue reading …
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