Faith, Media and Culture

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 07/03/23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfn2oy9bYdM Sounds like a hit. Sources tell Deadline: From out of nowhere, Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent who left the department after he was frustrated with the U.S. rescue efforts with trafficked children in…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: o6/30/23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyyyKcfJRGQ&t=146s The passion of Jim Caviezel. TV fans know him for his acclaimed performance as the mysterious hero he played for five seasons on the hit CBS sci-fi crime drama Person of Interest – but Jim Caviezel will be quick to tell you that…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/28/23 Sheila’s journey. A native of Scotland, Sheila Walsh first became known to American audiences co-hosting The 700 Club with the recently-deceased evangelist (and one-time presidential candidate) Pat Robertson in the late eighties and early nineties. From there, she went on to make her…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/23/23 Image from The New York Post What comes after Generation Z? Even the moniker given to today’s teens and young adults suggests a generation with no future – as if they’re, basically, the end of the line. Is it any wonder that, as…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/21/23 A cautionary tale of hope. In her self-revealing memoir Journey of the Self: Memoir of an Artist painter/poet Ruth Poniarski bravely presents a portrait of her younger self in the New York of the late 1770s and early 1980s when, after unintentionally ingesting PCP…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/19/23 The journey to Juneteenth began with Emancipation. Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation only went so far in ending American slavery as it only applied to states still in rebellion against the Union. It did not apply…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/16/23 Great American Media and Sony Pictures Television’s Pure Flix have officially completed their previously announced merger.  The deal joins Great American Media’s family-friendly linear and FAST (free ad-supporting streaming TV) channels with the Pure Flix faith-and-family service into a single consolidated entity. Great…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/14/23 The CW Network will be the U.S. broadcast home to the first three seasons of the worldwide hit series The Chosen. The announcement was made last Friday by CW Entertainment President Brad Schwartz. The acclaimed show takes an innovative episodic approach to depicting…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/09/23 Trailer Watch. The faith-based streamer Pure Flix spent this past week dropping trailers for upcoming offerings. Here’s a look. Eleanor’s Bench (Series launches June 30th) Vindication (Season 3 set for fall) Films Coming This Fall John W. Kennedy is a writer, producer and…

Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 06/07/23 Producer DeVon Franklin is as hot as a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto – and that’s sayin’ somethin’. So, it seems appropriate that his newest feature film Flamin’ Hot (dropping this Friday (6/9) on Disney+ and Hulu) offers the inspirational account of Richard Montañez (played…

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