The Bible: third episode, first impressions
The third episode of The Bible -- which bridges the Old and New Testaments -- is a mixed bag like the others, but its treatment of Daniel and the Exile in Babylon is especially impressive.
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The fourth episode of The Bible was, like the others, a bit of a mixed bag. Some parts were brilliant, others were kind of goofy. These are my first impressions.
View ArticleThe Bible: final episode, first impressions
One of the more interesting things about the final episode of The Bible is the way it bridges some very familiar material (i.e. the death and resurrection of Jesus) with material that has not been...
View ArticleSon of God producers cast Satan out of their film
Co-producer Roma Downey says she doesn't want the Devil to distract people from Jesus.
View ArticleHow the movie Heaven Is for Real contradicts the book
Many Christians were involved in the making of this film, but it ignores and even contradicts some of the key beliefs articulated by the best-selling book.
View ArticleEwan McGregor plays Jesus and the Devil in Last Days in the Desert,...
The film is set during Jesus' 40 days of fasting and prayer in the wilderness.
View ArticleChristianity Today speaks to the director and star of the indie Jesus film...
Rodrigo Garcia got Ewan McGregor to play both Jesus and Satan as two "children of a father whose opinion counts a lot to them."
View ArticleLast Days in the Desert: the Sundance round-up
Interviews with the filmmakers and reviews of the film about Jesus and Satan, which premiered two nights ago at the Sundance Film Festival.
View ArticleTV newsbites: Of Kings and Prophets! Lucifer! Damien!
ABC has given Of Kings and Prophets -- which finished shooting its pilot episode just last week -- the greenlight to become a full-fledged series.
View ArticleBrian Godawa calls The Young Messiah a “must see”
The film doesn't come out for another five months, but one Christian movie blogger is already singing its praises.
View ArticleWatch: A Nativity-themed clip from The Young Messiah
A few brief notes on the first clip from the film, which comes out March 11.
View ArticleBible movie of the week: Apostle Peter and the Last Supper (dir. Gabriel...
Robert Loggia, who passed away last month, is easily the best thing about this movie, which takes an innovative approach to the moment when Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray him.
View ArticleWatch: Joe Dante on The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, a movie that features...
Rooney also co-directed this 1960 sex farce, which Dante discusses in a new Trailers From Hell video.
View ArticleWatch: Jesus deals with bullies, relatives, an escaped slave and a centurion...
Two of the new clips also feature brief appearances by a curiously Satanic figure.
View ArticleInterview: Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Young Messiah, 2016)
The director of The Young Messiah talks about creating new characters for the film, the tricky nature of movie ratings, the role the film played in his own journey towards Christian faith, and the...
View ArticleThe Young Messiah: the Cyrus Nowrasteh interview round-up
The co-writer/director talks about how the film almost didn't get made, imagining what Jesus was like as a little boy, what his favorite passage of scripture is, and more.
View ArticleThe Young Messiah: rounding up the other interviews
Co-star Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones) says The Young Messiah is "a very, very interesting story, which I happen to believe is a true story."
View ArticleThe Young Messiah: a scene guide (w/ clips and references to the scriptures,...
Detailed notes on the Cyrus Nowrasteh film and how it lines up with the scriptures, the apocrypha, and the Anne Rice novel on which it is based.
View ArticleWatch: Ewan McGregor plays Jesus and the Devil in the first trailer for Last...
The film, which premiered at Sundance last year, opens in May of this year.
View ArticleWatch: Jesus meets Ciaran Hinds in the first clip from Last Days in the...
Ewan McGregor talks some more about playing both Jesus and Satan, and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki has posted some pictures from the set to his Instagram account.
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