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New movie: Hillsong – Let Hope Rise Trailer exclusive
I love Hillsong. If you know praise and worship music at all, you probably recognize the name and have sung their songs countless times. I’m excited to let people know about a new film that Hillsong has coming out. It looks really fabulous! If you have any heart for music whatsoever, I guarantee that this will touch your heart. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYimKE3hFrw&feature=youtu.be You can like the film on Facebook as well: http://bit.ly/HLHR_FB Here’s the official synopsis for the film: “Hillsong–LET HOPE RISE” chronicles the spectacular and unlikely rise to prominence of the Australia-based Christian band, Hillsong UNITED. Directed by Michael John Warren, the film follows the band they labor to…
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Fifty Shades of Grey: Some Points to Ponder
So unless you’re living under a rock, you know that the new film, Fifty Shades of Grey, releases this week. Today actually. Timed for a Valentine’s Day extravaganza, the marketing behind this film has been pushing the erotic romance in this story hard. The problem is that it’s not an erotic romance. And before anyone assumes that I don’t know what I’m talking about because I haven’t seen the movie, I read this story when it was free online. When it talked about Edward and Bella. Not Christian and Ana. Did I finish? Nope. I’ll be honest. But I did get through enough of it to know what happens in…
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Movie Review: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Late last week, my family and I had the opportunity to see an early screening of this film. I was concerned that it may be a bit young for my family since I have a teenager, a tween and a ten year old, but that didn’t end up being a problem at all. There was literally something for everyone in this movie and when we got into the car, it was all we could talk about. Let me back up and give you a quick synopsis for those who haven’t read the book. Alexander’s birthday is coming. He’s about to turn twelve and he hates that everyone in his family…
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Moms’ Night Out Movie – Review
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend an early screening of the new film, Moms’ Night Out. You may recognize some of the faces in the film, like Sarah Drew from Grey’s Anatomy and Patricia Heaton from The Middle. I’ll admit that putting Trace Adkins and Sean Astin in the film with these ladies was what intrigued me. Then I watched the trailer and I was hooked. Still, as I prepared to go out to the movie, I had some reservations. Christian films haven’t always been able to compete with secular films in the marketplace. Usually, from a story perspective, I’ve found that it’s because it’s so hard to reach…
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Hollywood’s New Noah
In the past year or so, Hollywood has developed a new fascination with Biblical tales and adventures. The Bible Miniseries kicked open the gates on new incarnations of classic tales. Looking to the scriptures for inspiration is not really new. From the Left Behind series that’s based on the book of Revelation all the way to the prophets and kings, the Bible’s been made into a lot of films. Even though it all comes from the same source material, the quality and storytelling varies greatly. The most current production that’s in the front of everyone’s mind is Noah with Russell Crowe. Slated to open in 2014, this star studded feature…
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Biblical Messages in Iron Man 3
A friend and I were talking recently about trends in entertainment and I brought up the idea of broken heroes. When I was a kid, I remember idolizing characters on the big and small screens. I played Wonder Woman and Princess Leia on a pretty regular basis. These were people I wanted to emulate because they nearly always saved the day. Even the highly tortured and abused Sam Beckett of Quantum Leap (yup, I’m a Leaper!) who was thrust into the heroic spotlight, still managed to push all of that aside and do what needed to be done. In recent years though, a lot of time has been spent covering…
