Wade is a technology-crazed teenager living in a technology-crazed world. Sound familiar? This world, though, is much different from modern-day America. The year is 2045, and Wade is fighting for survival in a depressing, dystopian world where people have forgotten how to work.
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5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness’
Dave Hill is co-pastor of a thriving, historical church that’s a lot like any other congregation today. It stands firm on God’s Word. It reaches out to the downtrodden. It provides hope for a lost world. Sunday after Sunday, Hill tells his members that “God is good, all the time,” but lately, he’s struggled with his faith.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Paul: Apostle Of Christ’
The movie Paul: Apostle of Christ (PG-13) opens in theaters this weekend, starring James Faulkner (Downton Abbey) as Paul, Jim Caviezel (The Passion of The Christ) as Luke, British actress Joanne Whalley as Priscilla, and Irish actor John Lynch as Aquila.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘I Can Only Imagine’
The film I Can Only Imagine (PG) opens this weekend, detailing how MercyMe’s Bart Millard became inspired to write the 2001 song In Can Only Imagine, which remains one of the most popular tunes in the history of contemporary Christian music.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘A Wrinkle In Time’
Meg is a timid, insecure girl living in a world that doesn’t embrace such flaws. At school, she gets ridiculed. At home, she lays awake at night and wonders why she’s not liked. Even the principal thinks she’s a bit awkward. “You shut everybody out, and then wonder why they don’t like you,” he tells her.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Tortured for Christ’
The gut-wrenching and inspirational story of Wurmbrand is well-known to Christians worldwide thanks to a series of books he wrote, but on Monday night (March 5) moviegoers will have a chance to watch his story unfold on the big screen when Tortured for Christ – based on the 1967 best-selling book by the same name -- debuts. It was produced by The Voice of the Martyrs and will be in theaters only one night.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Early Man’
“Dug” is a smart, forward-thinking boy living in a village of mostly unmotivated and dim-witted people. Such is life for a young caveman in the prehistoric Stone Age. He wants to hunt buffalo, but his fellow tribesmen are content with small rabbits. He wants to fight the army that attacked his village, but the tribesmen want to retreat.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Black Panther’
T’Challa is a young prince who also happens to be heir to the throne of Wakanda, a Third World African country that’s among the poorest nations on Earth. At least, it seems that way.
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Samson’
Old Testament movies on the big screen don’t have a solid track record in the modern era. The 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings got a lot of things right but also largely omitted, well, God. That same year, the movie Noah took so many liberties that by the end of it you were left wondering: Was that supposed to be a Bible story?
Read More »5 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Peter Rabbit’
Thomas McGregor is a self-centered department store employee who wants only one thing out of life: to climb the corporate ladder. Of course, life rarely goes as planned. It started going downhill when he learned that the company slackie got the much-coveted promotion. Then, Thomas discovered that a great uncle (“Mr. McGregor”) passed away and left him a rural cottage. ...
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