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Joel Osteen in prime time? + Anne Rice’s novel “Christ the Lord” gets Hollywood’s attention
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Pastor Joel Osteen and producer Mark Burnett team up for new reality TV project. From Entertainment Weekly: The working title for the project is Pack Your Bags. In each episode, the popular Houston megachurch pastor will lead volunteers to a surprise destination to…
Reviews: “The Greatest Miracle,” “Seven Days in Utopia” and “Beware of Christians”
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Film Review: The Greatest Miracle (Rated PG) Synopsis: Opening this Friday at selected theaters, the 3-D animated film tells the story of three Catholics facing personal crises whose paths cross during Mass at a parish church. They include a widowed mother struggling…
Robert Duvall’s talks about his faith-themed film “Seven Days in Utopia” — and why he’s not into “message movies”
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Robert Duvall reflects on amazing career. His faith-themed film Seven Days in Utopia just debuted on DVD. I’ll have my review in the next blog. Till then, I had the opportunity to talk with the versatile legend about the movie itself, his remarkable career…
Weekend TV movie choices: NBC’s “Game of Your Life” (Friday) & GMC’s “The Heart of Christmas” (Sunday)
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Family Movie Night hits its creative stride. Game of Your Life (NBC, Friday 12/2 @ 8:00 PM ET), the ninth of the impressive P&G-Walmart film series, is perhaps the most creative yet — featuring a genuinely original premise about a class of…
The story behind Odyssey Networks’ Judah Maccabee movie + A deal on “Snowmen”
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Eight‘s Odyssey. The other film currently in the works about Hanukkah hero Judah Maccabee (the one not involving Mel Gibson) has an interesting story of its own. I sat down with Odyssey Network’s EVP and Chief Content Officer Maura Dunbar to talk…
Odyssey Networks’ Stuart & Dunbar: building creative bridges between Hollywood and people of all faiths
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Following up on my recent interview with Odyssey Networks CEO Nick Stuart, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with him again, this time joined by Maura Dunbar, the multi-faith media group’s executive in charge of content development. Between them, the pair brings…
Worthwhile TV and DVD viewing – from the gritty documentary “Serving Life” to “Charlie Brown”
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s post-Thanksgiving dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture — including current and upcoming DVD releases. 1. Serving Life documentary serves up heart-rending yet inspirational chronicle of a prison hospice. Narrated by Forest Whitaker and originally airing on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable channel, this Odyssey Networks production is as compassionate as…
Thanksgiving @ the movies: “Arthur Christmas” opens nationwide, Spielberg’s “War Horse” previews + Words of wisdom from Taylor Swift + The importance of gratitude
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. It’s Thanksgiving. Let the Christmas movies begin! Among the first arrivals (on Thanksgiving Eve, actually) is Arthur Christmas which purports to answer the question of how Santa delivers all those present to kids all over the world in one night. The CGI…
Walden to make “The Conscientious Objector + Crystal Cathedral sold to Catholic Church +
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. Walden Media to tell story of The Conscientious Objector. From Deadline: Get Low helmer Aaron Schneider has been set to direct The Conscientious Objector for Walden Media. The film tells the true story of Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector in American…
Jesus Christ, Superhero + Moses, phone home
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. New graphic novel tells the story of Christmas. From the Apostle Arts website: Founded in 2011 by Billy Tucci, Evan Archilla, and Dr. Jason Peet, Apostle Arts is the publisher of Billy Tucci’s A Child is Born. Evan Archilla, grandson of Lost Battalion…
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