Of all the films I have seen, I have seen one per-cent faith-based films. It is not that many. Since I have watched so few, did I become tired of them? The answer to this is that I was ‘raised’ mostly on the mainstream fare. For a while, I did not know Christian films existed.…

Inspirational drama Miracles from Heaven (2016, USA) is life affirming and leaves a positive effect. The Beam family’s story is the kind that may engage the skeptics as well as the faithful because it is about a miracle though the former may be more critical. However, Miracles from Heaven is based on a true story. It…

There is a very high faith-based quotient in this true story, 2015’s Woodlawn. The Jesus movement Woodlawn depicts the Jesus movement in Birmingham, Alabama, circa the 1970’s. People were converting to Jesus. In Woodlawn, the movement’s scale seems amazing. In Birmingham and at Woodlawn High School there are race problems and segregation issues. The school chaplain Hank…

Do giants need their own lifestyle magazine? They have their own way of doing things, that’s why. Giants have their own style, but they might need advice on doing life better. The Big Friendly Giant is a case in point. Lifestyle The Big Friendly Giant, in the fantasy family film The BFG (2016, out now…

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