A film taken with the singular American delusion that Jesus loves football… though it also throws in a new delusion: Jesus hates the U.S. Constitution. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of “faith-based” films
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The power of Christ compels you! To win football games! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a film more taken with the singular American delusion that Jesus loves football… though, to be fair, it also throws in a new delusion: that Jesus also hates the U.S. Constitution. Woodlawn is fun that way.
Ostensibly, the movie — from the Christian filmmaking team of brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin — wants to be about how Jesus helped defuse the tension arising from the forced racial integration of Woodlawn High School in Birmingham,...
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of “faith-based” films
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The power of Christ compels you! To win football games! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a film more taken with the singular American delusion that Jesus loves football… though, to be fair, it also throws in a new delusion: that Jesus also hates the U.S. Constitution. Woodlawn is fun that way.
Ostensibly, the movie — from the Christian filmmaking team of brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin — wants to be about how Jesus helped defuse the tension arising from the forced racial integration of Woodlawn High School in Birmingham,...
- 2/21/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Caleb Castille stars in Woodlawn as Tony Nathan, the NFL player who got his start playing running back for the football team at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, Ala. Caleb Castille & Tony Nathan Video Nathan attended Woodlawn in the early 70s, when racial tension was at its height due to government-mandated desegregation of schools. […]
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- 2/10/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Opening in theaters tomorrow is "Woodlawn," a Christian sports drama directed by The Erwin Brothers - Andrew and Jon - which is based on a true story about how a spiritual awakening in 1970s Alabama led to unity overcoming racism and hate on a high school football team. After a government-mandate, Tony Nathan, a gifted high school football player, and other African American students desegregate Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, Alabama in 1973. As cross burnings and riots erupt in the city, Tandy Gerelds, the Woodlawn Colonels football coach, struggles to ease racial tensions between his players. It's only when Gerelds allows Hank, an outsider, to speak to his team that real...
- 10/15/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
• Penelope Cruz will star opposite Ben Stiller in Zoolander 2. Stiller is directing from a script by Justin Theroux, and will produce alongside Stuart Cornfeld for Red Hour. Will Ferrell and Owen Wilson are rumored to be reprising their roles as Mugatu and Hansel, respectively. [Deadline] • Mel Gibson and Andrew Garfield are in talks for the World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge. Gibson would direct the film with Garfield in the role of Private First Class Desmond T. Doss, a war hero who won the Congressional Medal of Honor, two Bronze Stars, and three Purple Hearts. Doss saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa,...
- 11/21/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
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