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90 Minutes in Heaven is the film based on Don Piper, who died in a highway accident, experienced heaven and returned to face severe physical, emotional and spiritual challenges—has landed a distribution deal with Samuel Goldwyn Films. The faith film is based on Piper’s New York Times best-selling book of the same name with more…

After selling 25 million copies of his bestseller The Shack, author WM. Paul Young has written a new novel that will be one of the best books of our time – Eve. When a shipping container washes ashore on an island between our world and the next, John the Collector finds a young woman inside—broken,…

The highly-anticipated film, ‘Woodlawn’ is a powerful story of courage, strength, and football in the midst of impassioned racial tensions in Birmingham, Alabama in the early ‘70s. New football coach, Tandy Gerelds was struggling to put together a winning football team at Woodlawn High School –one of the last schools in Alabama to integrate. After…

The great inspirational tale about a seven-year-old boy and his efforts to bring his father back from the way, otherwise known as Little Boy, releases on Blu-ray and DVD today August 18, 2015. It’s during World War II and a little boy desperately wants to bring his dad back from the way. With his exuberant…

I was pretty disappointed to find that Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte had no pumpkin in it. I mean, ‘Hello?’ So, I moved on, and spent money on a latte where I could accept my decision. I was not the only one. People complained that the drink had too many preservatives, and of course no pumpkin.…

The International Faith and Family Film Festival is excited to return to MegaFest in Dallas, Texas from August 20-22. The film festival will highlight the impact films can have through positive messages and be presented by a slate of Hollywood influencers. Films from the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase will be making their second appearance…

After much discussion, an agreement has been made for a new partnership between Sesame Workshop and HBO which will bring five seasons of the children’s programming, Sesame Street, to HBO and its streaming services. The new episodes are set to air this year in the fall. Reports are stating that the agreement will allow Sesame…

The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein by journalist Zev Chafets highlights the Rabbi’s unconventional, and sometimes controversial, approach to changing conventional wisdom of what Christians and Jews can accomplish together. Eckstien’s organization, The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) which is one of the largest nonprofit organizations in…

Antonio Banderas and James Brolin star  in “The 33,” a film based on the  Chilean  miners trapped underground for two months in 2010 that captured the world. Learn how their faith carried them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEbCAKAlNtE&feature=youtu.be The film will be released November 13th.

National Geographic will be releasing a four-hour epic television movie event this fall  that takes a historical look at what life was really like for the pilgrims, and the hardships they faced in the New World. Saints & Strangers will not only entertain, but enlighten on what took place between the natives, and the settlers, who…

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