{"id":7942,"date":"2019-03-29T10:56:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7942"},"modified":"2019-03-29T10:56:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:56:36","slug":"two-different-movie-choices-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2019\/03\/two-different-movie-choices-weekend.html","title":{"rendered":"Two very different movie choices this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the sublime to the horrifying, two films which may interest readers of this blog hit theaters this weekend.<\/strong> <em>Dumbo<\/em> is Tim Burton&#8217;s live-action\/CGI remake of Walt Disney&#8217;s 1941 animated classic\u00a0 about am elephant with ears so big they become wings that allow him to fly. A flight of fancy to sure, a sort of pachyderm version of <em>The Flying Nun<\/em>. The PG-rated film stars <a title=\"Colin Farrell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colin_Farrell\">Colin Farrell<\/a>, <a title=\"Michael Keaton\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Keaton\">Michael Keaton<\/a>, <a title=\"Danny DeVito\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_DeVito\">Danny DeVito<\/a>, <a title=\"Eva Green\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eva_Green\">Eva Green<\/a>, and <a title=\"Alan Arkin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Arkin\">Alan Arkin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Qdkv85l2S8&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<p>On a far more serious note comes <em>Unplanned.<\/em> The true-life story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist, is rated R (I understand for its recreation of an abortion procedure). Below the trailer is video from a Fox News interview in which actress Ashley Bratcher (who plays Johnson in the film) saying that &#8220;This movie is not about judgement and condemnation. It&#8217;s about mercy and forgiveness.&#8221; She then goes on to reveal how the movie unexpectedly intersected with her own family history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Unplanned Official Trailer - In Theaters March 29\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gBLWpKbC3ww?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pro-Life Actress Plays Abby Johnson in &#039;Unplanned&#039;: Role &#039;Worth It,&#039; Even If I&#039;m Blacklisted\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XnpHHJTRgpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God can restore what is broken and change it into something amazing. All you need is faith.&#8221; &#8211; Joel 2:25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: From the sublime to the horrifying, two films which may interest readers of this blog hit theaters this weekend. 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