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The top five "faith-based" films of 2023
From Jesus Revolution to His Only Son and The Shift: a quick round-up of some of the things I've written about the year's most successful religious…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Wonka, Poor Things, and Christmas with The Chosen join the top ten
Wonka has one of the biggest openings ever for a non-animated (or non-animated-adjacent) musical, while Christmas with The Chosen has the softest…
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Foreign, indie films dominate a top ten list with few, if any, big-studio hits
Among other things, there were two record-breaking Japanese films – The Boy and the Heron, and Godzilla Minus One – in the top three.
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Peter T Chattaway
Review: The Shift (dir. Brock Heasley, 2023)
This "faith-based" multiverse movie makes many references to the book of Job but has very little in common with it.
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Peter T Chattaway
Box office: Studio movies sink, niche movies rise in a surprisingly successful post-Thanksgiving weekend
A concert film, a couple of foreign action and disaster films, and a "faith-based" sci-fi film helped make up for some seriously struggling big-studio…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: Scorsese! Alchemist! Testament! Etc.!
Brief updates on a couple of Jesus films, a modernized book of Acts series, a sci-fi take on the book of Job, and a movie that might feature…
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Peter T Chattaway
Newsbites: Scorsese's Jesus! The Shift's new trailer!
Angel Studios is releasing its next theatrical film sooner than expected.
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Peter T Chattaway
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