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Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Grace Unplugged mini-review. In theaters this weekend, the musical drama follows Grace Trey (AJ Michalka), a talented 18-year-old singer/musician who decides that singing at her church under the controlling thumb of her worship leader father Johnny Trey (James Denton of Desperate Housewives), is not…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mystery Mom. Yesterday, I posted my conversation with mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark about her collaboration with her mother — and literary inspiration — the Mary Higgins Clark on The Mystery Cruise, a backdoor pilot for Hallmark Movie Channel airing Saturday night (10/5) at…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Murder, She Wrote. Talking with Carol Higgins Clark you’d never think that she quite likely was in the process of plotting a murder. She really is as pleasant a person as I’ve ever interviewed. She has a lighthearted, even joyful, demeanor that no doubt…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Shining Star. In my praise yesterday of the faith-based historical epic Alone Yet Not Alone (opening in select theater tonight – 9/27), I mentioned that the role of Barbara Leininger — one of the two sisters abducted and forced to live among the Delaware…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Review: Alone Yet Not Alone. Enthuse Entertainment‘s faith-and-family friendly historical epic Alone Yet Not Alone is slated to open in select theaters tomorrow (9/27). Having had the opportunity to preview it, I can report that’s riveting story with an epic sweep that is actually quite…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. This is getting to be a habit. A good habit. I’m talking about my second conversation with Mother Dolores Hart on the occasion of her return to the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut following her recent book tour to promote her memoir…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mayoral thumbs up. You can count Birmingham Mayor William Bell as among those weighing in with praise for The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Based on the very popular book The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis, the world-premiere movie airs tonight (9/20)…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The Watsons Go to Birmingham airs tomorrow night (9/20) @ 8:00 PM ET on Hallmark Channel’s Walden Family Theater. Synopsis: Based on the much-read novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Mass roots appeal. If Zach Braff and Spike Lee can do it, why not Kevis Antonio? Like them, the young Catholic filmmaker has turned to the crowd-financing site Kickstarter to kickstart his own passion project.  Antonio is also borrowing a page from the Kendrick…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Everybody loves Rich. Opening on just 11 screens (in Florida, New York, Tennessee, Georgia and Colorado), The Investigator opened last week to surprisingly box office results — pulling in an average of $8,517 per screen according to Box Office Mojo. In fact, per screen,  with…
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