Posts Tagged ‘film’
Arts & Culture
The Gospel According to Beauty and the Beast
The Disney Company found another goldmine in the release of the 3D version of The Lion King. So great was that goldmine, that the company decided to do it again with 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. The 3D effects are quite nice. I...
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Joyful Noise is a delightful mess
Almost everyone know someone who isn’t all quite together, but you love them anyway because deep inside they are a wonderful person. That is much like Joyful Noise, the new Queen Latifah/Dolly Parton flick about dueling choir d...
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Revisiting Sherlock and Friends
Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action/Adventure/Crime While I’m all for updating the Sherlock Holmes sto...
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Fourth time is a charm with Ghost Protocol
Movie: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Paula Patton Director: Brad Bird Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action/Adventure The problem with the Mission: Impossible films, is that I haven’...
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‘Powerful new film’ The Greatest Miracle opens today
The Greatest Miracle, rated PG, opens today in 63 cities across the country. A list of opening cities and theaters is available now at the movie’s website. The Most Rev. David Ricken, Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, W...
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The Muppets are back and it’s about time!
Some people feel that the “golden age” of the Muppets was over when creator Jim Henson passed away in 1990. Others were willing to give up on the furry friends after the atrocious made-for-TV movie, The Muppets Wizard of Oz, in...
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Salem witch trials get a second look
For centuries, scholars have wondered how a farming village in 1692 could have become so hysterically anxious that magistrates would order 20 executions for crimes of witchcraft. Now a new documentary film about the infamous Sa...
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Sherwood Pictures challenges Christians to be ‘Courageous’ with new film
Sherwood Pictures, the studio that also brought Fireproof and Facing the Giants to the big screen, is challenging people to do more than they thought they could with its new movie, Courageous. Written and directed by Stephen a...
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An interview with a machine gun preacher and a writer of stars
After screening the movie, Machine Gun Preacher the night before, I was pretty intimidated to meet Sam Childers and writer Jason Keller in person. Childers (pronounced “Chill-dears), is a former drug-dealing criminal who now ri...
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Rapture 2011, Harold Camping and an iconic movie
Back in May 2011, the world was a buzz about the impending rapture predicted by Harold Camping. “Save the Date” billboards and bumper stickers were posted proclaiming that May 21 was the scheduled end of the world. When the day...