Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Touchdown! Coming on the heels of last weekend’s excellent The Giver, the quality winning streak of faith-themed films continues with When the Game Stand Tall (opening tomorrow, 8/22). Both films — while totally different in genre and tone — are remarkable and noteworthy examples…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Ripped from tomorrow’s headlines? Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is set to make her in the faith-based political thriller Persecuted. She’ll play (guess what?) a TV journalist in the film which stars James Remar (X-Men: First Class) as John Luther, a nationally-known evangelist who…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A TV event. The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s blockbuster retelling of Jesus’ final hours, will premiere with limited commercial interruption on the UP television network on Palm Sunday. The landmark 2004 film will air as one-night television event at 9:00 PM (ET)…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Support Gimme Shelter. Between the Motion Picture Academy’s rescinding of its Best Song nomination for the Christian-themed Alone Yet Not Alone and some over-the top-negative reviews in the secular media of the gritty and powerful Gimme Shelter (now in its second weekend at theaters), it’s…

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