Tag: movies
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Getting to Know the Heart Behind HEAVENQUEST –
We had the amazing opportunity to check out a pre-screening of HEAVENQUEST: A Pilgrim’s Progress. The film imagines an origin story surrounding the character Vangel (better known as The Evangelist in the Pilgrim’s Progress book). The film’s back-story is as interesting as the movie. Check out this conversation with Director Matt Bilen, Writer/Actress Rachel Tan,…
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ROMA – absolute perfection
What do you do with a film that is in 2 different languages, had no big stars in the cast, was in black and white, had essentially no action sequences, surprisingly little dialogue, and is only available in select theaters? This year, you take it seriously. Very seriously. When I heard about ROMA late in…
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Getting to know Bruce Stacey – Writer and Director of The Ice Dragon
While there were so many incredible projects we discovered when we attended NRB this year, one of the highlights was discovering the delightful animated film Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies. (not to be confused with the J.R.R.Martin book The Ice Dragon…which is a very different story!) In the film, Melody and her friend…
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Getting to know Brent McCorkle – I Can Only Imagine
How amazing was I Can Only Imagine? I keep reading about how many film magazines were blindsided by the success of the film. But why? Churches have been talking about this film for a year. And for good reason. It’s messages of faith, loss, forgiveness, love – they are all universal. And I think I…
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Review…A Question of Faith
If you know our team at all, you know that we can be a bit skeptical when it comes to faith films. But it seems that the bar has been raised in a big way this year (check the upcoming reviews for “Mully”, “The Stray”, “Champion”…), and we’re surprised, encouraged and hopeful that this is…