Filmmakers
‘This gets people’s attention like nothing else’
WND EXCLUSIVE ‘This gets people’s attention like nothing else’ Roe v. Wade anniversary marked with video documenting abortion horror Published: January 23, 2012 By Anita Crane WASHINGTON – Despite sleet and bitter cold, many pro-life Americans in Washington for the March for Life, as well as people from other countries, stopped to watch the video [...]
Norma McCorvey talks ‘Doonby’ and Roe v. Wade
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Roe v. Wade opponents target Dallas for decision’s anniversary Theme of rally: ‘It began in Dallas. Let’s end it in Dallas’ Published: Jan. 20, 2012 By Anita Crane As hundreds of thousands prepare to march on Washington, Dallas, San Francisco and other American cities to protest the Supreme Court’s infamous [...]
Bozell: Cultural Winners and Losers, 2011
By Brent Bozell Dec 23, 2011 The depravity of our popular culture and our eagerness to shred traditional values manifests itself every day. Lady Gaga, the top-earning woman in the music business and deemed by ABC’s Barbara Walters to be one of the “most fascinating people,” has a new vocation in mind. She’s announced she [...]
Advent in 2 minutes
Had to post this. Thanks & Merry Christmas to BustedHalo.com! Sorry to say the Busted Halo Advent calendar is oddly non-Christian, featuring platitudes by celebrities. Wonder why…
‘Snowmen’ family movie is funny and ‘Profound!’
Happy story about ‘year that I died’ ‘Snowmen’ movie the story of three unlikely heroes Posted: December 01, 2011 1:00 am Eastern By Anita Crane © 2011 WND “Snowmen” star Bobby Coleman with Writer/Director Robert Kirbyson. (Courtesy of Mpower Pictures © 2009) “It was going to be the most amazing winter ever … the year that [...]
‘Mighty Macs’ and Coach Cathy Rush had more than a prayer
Nuns, their students and a basketball championship! ‘Mighty Macs’ offers rare entertaining story and ‘G’ rating Posted: October 22, 2011 1:00 am Eastern By Anita Crane © 2011 WND In “The Mighty Macs,” which opens this weekend, Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton and Ellen Burstyn take us back to the days when G-rated movies [...]
Robert Downey, Jr. says ‘Forgive Mel Gibson’
Moving story by Jordan Bloom in The Daily Caller today: The Iron Man has a soft spot for Hollywood pariah Mel Gibson. “Unless you are without sin — and if you are, you are in the wrong fucking industry — you should forgive him and let him work again,” Robert Downey, Jr said of his [...]
Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen on ‘The Way’
Note: WND redesigned its entire website and relaunched on New Year’s Day 2012. Somehow this article disappeared in the transition, so I offer the entire story here until it can be replaced by WND. WND Exclusive MEDIA MATTERS ‘The Way’ project tells story about ‘transcendent experience’ Family project involves Estevez, Sheen and message of family [...]
My ‘granddaddy’ John Wayne, actor and Catholic convert
By David Kerr Fr. Matthew Muñoz Rome, Italy, Oct 1, 2011 / 12:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- John Wayne, for many, was a Hollywood legend who symbolized true masculinity and American values. To Fr. Matthew Muñoz, though, he was simply “granddaddy.” “When we were little we’d go to his house and we’d simply hang out with [...]
Mel Gibson, Joe Eszterhas doing film on Jewish hero Maccabee
Bravo for Mel Gibson and Joe Eszterhas! This news broke on September 8, the day Catholics celebrate the Saint Mary’s birthday, the Blessed and Jewish Mother of Christ. Gibson and Eszterhas are Catholic… SHOCKER! Mel Gibson And Joe Eszterhas To Collaborate On Film Telling Jewish Hero Judah Maccabee Story For Warner Bros By MIKE FLEMING [...]
Andrew Klavan: Obama ‘Gift From God’ Because He Shows How Left Governs
To interview Andrew Klavan, contact me at anita(at)allenmediastrategies.com Monday, August 08, 2011 By Penny Starr (CNSNews.com) – Barack Obama is a “gift from God” because during his tenure as president he has revealed what happens when a liberal Democrat is in the White House, said author and conservative commentator Andrew Klavan. “Obama in some ways [...]
Hollywood Goes Out on ‘The Ledge’ for Atheism
James Hirsen says, “Hollywood has moved beyond a hostile attitude toward traditional faith and has created a film that actually promotes atheistic beliefs — “The Ledge.” Moviemakers claim that “The Ledge” is “the first film to feature an openly atheist hero in a Hollywood production.” What’s the big deal? Read the rest here: http://www.newsmax.com/Hirsen/theledge-atheism-rickyjarvis-billmaher/2011/07/05/id/402470
Once again, Jesus in the streets
Uplifting video by some British Franciscans. My only little gripe is the anticlimactic end…why put the Lord of Lords and Kings of Kings into a tote bag? Now for a video that gives me chills: http://www.anitacrane.com/blog/yes-this-is-why-im-catholic/
John Schneider in captivating mystical thriller ‘Doonby’
Special 2-for-1 post. Links to stories with Doonby leading man John Schneider and his co-stars Jenn Gotzon, Joe Estevez, Jennifer O’Neill, Robert Davi, Will Wallace and Erin Way, plus producer Mark Joseph. Since publication of thse stories, the Doonby release date has changed to 2012… Part 1: Posted: June 11, 2011 1:30 am Eastern By [...]
And the Life Fest winners are…
everyone, actually. Drifter’s story captures attention at Life Fest Affirmation of value and meaning ‘exactly’ the message it carries Posted: April 18, 2011 8:46 pm Eastern By Anita Crane © 2011 WorldNetDaily Independent filmmakers and actors who attended the Life Fest in Los Angeles, Hollywood’s premier pro-life film festival, say it was a huge success [...]
