Interview with Anna Kendrick of “50/50”
Interviewer: How was the Q & A last night after the screening?
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Film in review: “50/50”
This movie is going to struggle to find an audience, but for the viewer willing to adjust expectation, it’s well worth the visit.
Film in review: “Breaking the Press”
As a pastor, it’s a very delicate thing to criticize faith-based movies. In a week where “50/50” is being released, which is Hollywood’s story about a young man who contracts cancer, where stunningly neither God nor faith is ever mentioned by anyone, here we have the opposite end of the spectrum: We’re playing high school basketball, and religion permeates the entire film.
Film in review: “I Don’t Know How She Does It”
This movie is so extremely “chicky-flicky” that it will struggle to attract any male viewers at all, but perhaps this niche market is so strong that it doesn’t really need the males, which, actually, is part of the point.
Interview with Jonah Hill of “Moneyball” Dallas, Texas, September 15, 2011
Interviewer: What was it like working with Brad Pitt?
Jonah Hill: It was amazing. Look, you get a part like this, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an actor to star alongside this icon, as well as the other great people in this film, and it was like a dream.
Film in review: “Machine Gun Preacher”
It’s hard to know what to make of “Machine Gun Preacher.”
Film in review: “Restless”
The story line of “Restless” is not one that will cause people to flock to the movie theaters: terminally ill teenage girl meets high school dropout guy who crashes the funerals of strangers. They spend some time together before she succumbs to her illness.
PC(USA) leaders call for release of Iranian pastor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (PNS) Top leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have called on the Iranian government to release the Rev. Yousef Nadarkhani, a 33-year-old minister of the Church of Iran and pastor of a 400-member congregation in the city of Rasht, who was sentenced to death in November 2010 by a state court for apostasy (abandonment of a religion) and evangelizing Muslims.
Journalist says partisan politics affects role of faith groups
New York (ENI) Partisan politics has disrupted the role of the U.S. religious community in debates about the nation's future, says a prominent broadcast journalist and former White House communications director.
First Candidate for Moderator of the 2012 General Assembly
The first candidate for moderator of the 2012 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been announced. The Presbytery of Elizabeth has endorsed Neal D. Presa, a teaching elder and the pastor of Middlesex Presbyterian church in New Jersey since 2003.
Why Does Jesus Matter?
Sometimes in the Christian life it’s crucial (a word, aptly enough, rooted in the cross) to take a few steps back and ask again the foundational question of our faith:
WCC Launches Online Library for Theology and Ecumenism
GENEVA (ENI) The World Council of Churches (WCC) has launched
the first online digital library covering theology and
ecumenism, called GlobeTheoLib, saying it will help close the information
gap between North and South.
Conferees Calls for Combat Against Greed
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (ENI) Speakers at an international Christian-Muslim dialogue
conference organized by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) say religious groups need to do
more to combat greed in the global economy.
Suicide Bomber Attacks Packed Indonesian Church
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (ENI) A suicide bomber blew
himself up on the porch of an Indonesian church packed with hundreds of
worshippers on Sept. 25, injuring 28 people, some critically.
Pope’s Trip to Germany Fails to Meet Ecumenical Hopes
BERLIN (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Germany on Sept. 23
featured an ecumenical worship service in the town of Erfurt that
was meant to reach out to German Protestants, but for many it felt like a
missed opportunity.
Gay Marriage Controversy in Scotland
EDINBURGH, Scotland (ENI) The Scottish government has drawn fire from Catholic church
leaders for launching a 14-week public consultation, starting Sept. 2, on the question of
legalizing marriage for gay couples.
October 4 is St. Francis Day!
Carolyn Gillette has composed a new hymn for use and it’s available free of charge for your congregation’s use.
Film in review: “Seven Days In Utopia”
What can you say about a movie that you’re supposed to like but didn’t?
Film in review: “Moneyball”
“Moneyball” is a baseball movie, so right away that limits its audience.
However, there are many other appealing dynamics in the film that
transcend baseball and are just about life.
Film in review: “Drive”
“Drive” is several movies at once:
1) A slick action film with car chase sequences to rival any of the muscle-car,
musclehead, predictable silliness,
Film in review: “Dolphin Tale”
“Dolphin Tale” is one of those “family films” that you know are going to
feature good-looking children, beleaguered parents, a little bit of stress, and
the triumph of love and acceptance. So what’s wrong with that? Nothing.
Film in review: “Contagion”
Watching this movie will convert thousands to the ranks of the
germophobes. As fast as you can say, “Bats on pigs.”
Death toll climbs past 100 in Himalayan earthquake
Bangalore, India (ENI) A pastor's wife was killed and churches and schools destroyed in the Sept. 18 earthquake that killed more than 100 people in several countries in the Himalaya mountains north of India.
Obama administration criticizes eight countries on religious freedom
Washington (ENI) The U.S. State Department has designated eight nations as the most serious violators of religious freedom, naming the same countries as the Bush administration.
Pope meets with Jewish representatives in Berlin
Berlin (ENI) Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with Germany's Jewish community on the first day of his four-day state visit to his homeland was marked by both good will and honest criticism.