Alton Webteam: March 2018
Three Christian films are coming to UK cinemas this month.
Mary Magdalene
opens next Friday 16th March
It stars Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene, Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter (star of Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave); and is directed by Garth Davis (director of Lion).
See www.damarismedia.com for a discussion guide.
God's not Dead: A Light in Darkness
opens on Good Friday
Third of the God's not Dead series. Parts 1 and 2 showed in UK cinemas four and two years ago.
Paul, Apostle of the Christ
also opens on Good Friday
James Faulkner (Downton Abbey) plays Paul;
Jim Caviezel plays Luke (Jesus in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ).
Event Cinema:
Handel's Messiah
Wed. 28th March only at 6.30pm
Semi-staged at Bristol Old Vic, it is directed by Tom Morris (War Horse) and will be shown in many UK cinemas that do Event Cinema.
See www.damarismedia.com for a discussion guide.
Also:
Samson
opens on Friday 25th May
You may like to plan a sermon series on Samson in late May to link in with its UK cinema release.
Trailers to the above can be found by visiting www.imdb.com/calendar/?region=gb and clicking the relevant opening dates.
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