Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n
1. “To change the world, he first has to change himself.” <\/strong>That’s the poster line for Unlimited<\/em>.\u00a0 The upcoming film follows the saga of Simon Orwell, an electrical engineering student who, after being\u00a0 kicked out of MIT, teams up with a former professor make a device capable of creating unlimited energy. When the professor is murdered, Orwell goes into hiding, taking refuge in an orphanage run by a former NASA scientist. The movie is being shot in El Paso, Texas (subbing for Mexico where most of the action takes place).\u00a0 While the plot description doesn’t cry out “faith-based film” it’s being touted as a real groundbreaker in the genre.\u00a0\u00a0 Produced Chad Gundersen (Like Dandelion Dust, The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, The Trial<\/em>) and directed\u00a0 Nathan Frankowski (Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed<\/em>), it’s being backed by successful entrepreneur Harold Finch.\u00a0 I plan to keep an eye on this one.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ilb6D6EDU74&feature=player_embedded<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 Getting ready for Baby<\/em>. <\/strong>Ahead of the March 23rd opening of the pro-life movie October Baby, <\/em>you can catch an interview with the filmmakers, Jon and Andrew Erwin, when they appear on EWTN’s Life on the Rock<\/em> on Thursday, March 15 (10:00 PM ET).\u00a0 October Baby<\/em> is loosely based on the remarkable true story of Gianna Jessen, a pro-life activist and survivor of a failed abortion. Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider and Jasmine Guy star. No blog tomorrow or Friday. Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. “To change the world, he first has to change himself.” That’s the poster line for Unlimited.\u00a0 The upcoming film follows the saga of Simon Orwell, an electrical engineering student who, after being\u00a0 kicked out of MIT, teams up with a former professor…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,13,24],"tags":[35,2523,2520,2524,2527,2528,2529,2530,2526,2525,2437,2521,2522,2519],"class_list":["post-2062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-movies","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-athan-frankowski-expelled-no-intelligence-allowed","tag-chad-gundersen-like-dandelion-dust","tag-entrepreneur-harold-finch","tag-ewtns-life-on-the-rock","tag-gianna-jessen","tag-jason-burkey","tag-john-schneider-and-jasmine-guy","tag-jon-and-andrew-erwin","tag-pro-life-movie-october-baby","tag-rachel-hendrix","tag-the-secrets-of-jonathan-sperry","tag-the-trial","tag-unlimited"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nBTW, I also recently spoke with the Erwin brothers and will be running that interview\u00a0 sometime in the week of its premiere.<\/p>\n