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August 2016

August 19, 2016

Ben-Hur earns $900,000 in Thursday-night previews

That's almost what Risen and The Young Messiah made in their Thursday-night preview screenings combined.

July 2016

July 20, 2016

Four things from the Young Messiah DVD commentary

In which the director and his co-writer/wife discuss the history, imagery and subtext of their...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Review: The Holy Family (dir. Raffaele Mertes, 2006)

A sloppy film in some ways, but it also does some interesting things with the...

June 14, 2016

Watch: Mary lights the Sabbath candles in a deleted scene from The Young Messiah

Plus: the Canadian edition of The Young Messiah does not have any of the bonus...

June 13, 2016

Watch: Four new clips from The Young Messiah, plus a clip from one of the bonus features coming to Blu-Ray tomorrow

Jesus raises a boy from the dead, impresses a rabbi, and more in four new...

June 11, 2016

Watch: A clip from The Making of The Young Messiah

The complete documentary will be on the Blu-Ray coming out this Tuesday, June 14.

May 2016

May 24, 2016

The Young Messiah — a round-up of my top posts

The film, which tells the story of Jesus and his family when he is seven...

May 18, 2016

Did a Young Messiah poll find that most Americans think Jesus was a socialist who would vote for Bernie Sanders?

The people behind The Young Messiah say it isn't a political movie, but they sponsored...

April 2016

April 18, 2016

A few more details about The Young Messiah on Blu-Ray

As reported earlier, the disc comes out June 14.

April 17, 2016

Box office: The Jungle Book exceeds expectations, while Barbershop: The Next Cut underperforms slightly

Also: Zootopia and Batman v Superman crossed the $300 million mark in North America this...

April 12, 2016

Risen and The Young Messiah are coming to Blu-Ray

The Blu-Ray edition of Risen will have deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, and an audio commentary.

April 10, 2016

Box office: Melissa McCarthy beats Batman, while Zootopia becomes one of the top ten animated films in North America

The Boss and Batman v Superman are almost tied for the box-office crown this week,...

April 03, 2016

Box office: God’s Not Dead 2 and Batman v Superman both perform below (their not-high-to-begin-with) expectations

God's Not Dead 2 made less money in its first weekend than the original film...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Box office: Batman v Superman breaks records, Deadpool becomes the top-grossing R-rated movie ever worldwide

Also: Risen narrowly missed being in the top ten again on this Easter weekend.

March 20, 2016

Box office: Miracles from Heaven opens strong, and both of the season’s Bible movies drop out of the top ten

The Young Messiah had possibly the steepest second-weekend drop of any Bible film in recent...

March 19, 2016

Watch: A 22-minute documentary on The Young Messiah

The filmmakers and a variety of Christian leaders discuss the meaning of the movie in...

March 18, 2016

The Young Messiah: a scene guide (w/ clips and references to the scriptures, the apocryphal texts, and the novel)

Detailed notes on the Cyrus Nowrasteh film and how it lines up with the scriptures,...

March 17, 2016

Watch: Actors and audiences discuss The Young Messiah

The actors and filmmakers discuss the film in an eight-minute video that was screened for...

March 13, 2016

Box office: The Young Messiah has a smaller opening than expected, and Zootopia keeps tracking ahead of Frozen

Despite healthy Thursday-night previews, The Young Messiah had the smallest per-screen average of any major...

March 13, 2016

The Young Messiah: rounding up the other interviews

Co-star Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones) says The Young Messiah...

March 11, 2016

Review: The Young Messiah (dir. Cyrus Nowrasteh, 2016)

The film adaptation of Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt isn't flawless, but...

March 11, 2016

Battle of the Thursday-night Bible-movie previews!

The Young Messiah made more money in fewer venues at its Thursday-night previews than Risen...

March 10, 2016

The 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...

March 10, 2016

Watch: Joseph reassures Mary in a new clip from The Young Messiah

The film officially opens tomorrow (Friday), though some venues are showing it tonight (Thursday).

March 10, 2016

Interview: Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Young Messiah, 2016)

The director of The Young Messiah talks about creating new characters for the film, the...

March 09, 2016

Watch: Kids and parents talk about The Young Messiah

The film is rated PG-13, but two new videos aim to show that the film...

March 09, 2016

Review: A Child Called Jesus (dir. Franco Rossi, 1987)

The Young Messiah -- which comes out this Friday -- isn't the first film to...

March 08, 2016

The Young Messiah: the Chris Columbus interview round-up

The writer of Gremlins and director of two Harry Potter films talks about his role...

March 07, 2016

Anne Rice is “very thankful” for The Young Messiah

The author of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt says the movie based on her...

March 07, 2016

The young Jesus bringing birds to life: three films that have depicted this tale from one of the apocryphal gospels

The Infancy Gospel of Thomas describes a five-year-old Jesus making birds out of clay and...