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Oscars 2010: And the Winners Are…

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:07:58 +0000

The Hurt Locker beat out Avatar for the top prizes at tonight’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

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Oscars 2010: And the Winners Are…

Catholic Church Sues Columbia over ‘2012′

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:45:16 +0000

According to The National Post , Brazil’s Catholic Church is suing Columbia Pictures for using unauthorized images of Rio’s famous giant Christ statue in its disaster movie blockbuster 2012 . Columbia had requested to show the statue being destroyed by a giant wave, but Rio de Janeiro’s archdiocese, which allegedly owns a copyright on the statue, apparently said no, according to their attorney, Claudine Dutra, “The archdiocese refused the use of the religious symbol during pre-production of the movie, but Columbia Pictures did not respect the prohibition,” she said.

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How Do the ‘Flash Sideways’ Affect the Island?

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:22:48 +0000

Chris Seay, author of The Gospel According to Lost , chimes in on the developments in Tuesday’s episode of LOST. (SPOILERS AHEAD ) Among other things, Seay says that “Sundown,” a “very Sayid-centric episode,” “gave us much more than I anticipated. We’ve learned that the redemptive narratives that play out in this ‘flash sideways’ have an impact on what happens with the same characters on the island,” and that it was further confirmed that “Fake Locke” is “offering many of the same things the serpent was offering in the Garden.” Here are Seay’s observations:

‘Ordet’ Tops Arts & Faith’s New Top 100

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:59:30 +0000

After “years of discussion and debate within the Arts & Faith online community,” A&F has posted its new Top 100 Films list, with Ordet (The Word) , written and directed in 1955 by Carl Dreyer, in the No. 1 position. In an Image blog post announcing the new list, Jeffrey Overstreet, a former film critic for CT, says the list is “characterized both by artistic excellence and a serious wrestling with questions that at the root might be called religious or spiritual.” The list will certainly generate conversation, if not controversy, for omitting such beloved films as The Ten Commandments and The Passion of The Christ — which might be surprising for a list compiled by film lovers and critics who are all Christians.

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‘Ordet’ Tops Arts & Faith’s New Top 100

Another ‘Slumdog’-ish Film Up for Oscar

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:23:10 +0000

On a mission to help end slavery worldwide, young filmmaker Gregg Helvey has directed a short film, Kavi , a story about a boy slave in India. The film has been nominated for an Academy Awards in the Best Live Action Short Film category.

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Another ‘Slumdog’-ish Film Up for Oscar

The Gospel According to . . . Desmond?

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:44:43 +0000

I think I’ve figured out who will save the island and all of its inhabitants: Yes, it’s Desmond , aka Scottish actor Henry Ian Cusick , aka Jesus in The Visual Bible’s excellent production of The Gospel of John .

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Jesus and Esther Coming Home . . . on DVD

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:23:46 +0000

In 1999, Jeremy Sisto played the Lord in a made-for-TV miniseries simply called Jesus. It received mixed reviews , even from Christians–some who appreciated Sisto’s very “human” portrayal of God’s son, while others didn’t appreciate the liberties the filmmakers took with Scripture . . .

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Avatar: ‘The most satanic film I’ve ever seen’

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:50:30 +0000

In a recent sermon, Mark Driscoll, pastor of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church, denounced Avatar as “the most demonic, satanic movie I’ve ever seen.” Driscoll denounced its “demonic paganism” and its portrayal of a “false Jesus” and a “false heaven.” He also took issue with the film’s depiction of “connecting, literally, with trees and animals and beasts and birds.” Driscoll also said, “That any Christian could watch that without seeing the overt demonism is beyond me.” Well, count me and many of my friends among them. Did James Cameron take a “Christian worldview” into this imaginative, fictional world? Nope.

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‘Blind Side,’ ‘Up’ Big Winners at Christian Gala

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:05:07 +0000

Handing out more than $300,000 in prize money — including $100,000 each to The Blind Side (Most Inspiring Movie) and Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (Most Inspiring TV Program) — Movieguide’s 18th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala was held Tuesday night in Beverly Hills. The Blind Side was also named the best movie for mature audiences, while Pixar’s Up was the best movie for families. Meanwhile, The Stoning of Saroya M.

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‘This Show Asks the Deeper Questions’

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:11:49 +0000

Chris Seay, author of The Gospel According to Lost , chimes in on the developments in Tuesday’s episode of LOST. (SPOILERS AHEAD ) Seay notes that Fake Locke/Man in Black/Esau “seems to be upright” in his conversations with people, while Jacob seems more mysterious and less “forthright; he seems to be manipulative.” Fake Locke is reminiscent of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, but Jacob? With his vague “guidance” and lack of specifics?