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Movie Review: “I Was a Stranger” and You Welcomed Me
Just when you think that you’ve seen and heard all sides of the human migration debate, and long after you fear that the cruel, the ignorant and the scapegoaters have won that shouting match, a film comes along and defies … Continue reading
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Tagged angel-studios, assad, bible, christianity, film, greece, israeli-crimes, movies, Reviews, syrian-refugees, trump-cruelty
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Movie Review: An Animated Musical “David” for the Faithful
The early life of the lad who tended sheep, slew Goliath and became king of ancient Judah and all of the Israel according to the Hebrew Bible comes to the screen in the robust, pious and playful “David.” The debut … Continue reading
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Tagged angel-studios, animated-king-david-movie, bible, david, david-vs-goliath-cartoon, faith, god, jesus, phil-wickham
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Classic Film Review: Diane Keaton’s lone doc directing credit, “Heaven” (1987) earns a restoration/re-release
The recent passing of Oscar winning actress Diane Keaton is reason enough to revisit one of her few directing credits, the lone documentary on her resume. “Heaven,” which she completed and Island Pictures released back in 1987, when Keaton was … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, christianity, diane-keaton, documentary-review, don-king, heaven, jesus
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Movie Review: Parenthood — “A Little Prayer” that Never Ends
“A Little Prayer” comes to theaters to add a grownup grace note to the end of the summer cinema of 2025. It’s about parenting, the job that never ends and the parents who never stop second-guessing how they’re managing it. … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, family, films-made-in-n-c, god, independent-film, june-bug, piedmont-triad, southern-cinema, winston-salem
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Documentary Review: A Back to Nature prophet tries to pass on his piece of “Paradise”
Western North Carolina has long been a home to those out-of-step with mainstream culture looking for land to settle on, and in many cases, live communally. When I covered the area for public radio stations and later newspapers, you could … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachia, back-to-the-earth, back-to-the-land, bible, burnsville, documentary, gardening, joe-hollis, mountain-garden, nature, off-the-grid-living, western-n-c
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Netflixable? “Mary” inspires a Biblical biopic
Long before Joseph of Nazareth reveals himself to be an action hero, saving the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus from rapacious Romans, the not-entirely-Biblical, not-exactly historical bio-pic “Mary” has lost its way. It’s not the great Sir Anthony Hopkins … Continue reading
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