Last summer’s surprise hit was a film called Fireproof starring Kirk Cameron. Championed by church groups for the story’s Christian values/message, the film was produced for next to nothing and featured a supporting cast made up of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, most of whom had no prior acting experience. As you [...]
KIRK CAMERON LOVES MARRIAGE, SWEATERS
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:00 PM | From FilmDrunk
“I’m not gay! Jesus says nipples are a sin!“
Kirk Cameron’s Fireproof banked heavily on the insane bible thumper demographic and was an enormous success ($500,000 budget, $34 million gross - suck on that, Hollywood Jews). It recently hit DVD, and someone on the internets was kind enough to put together a compilation of all the [...]
DVD: Fireproof
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:28 AM | From Joblo.Com
This Week on DVD: RocknRolla, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:00 AM | From Film Junk
There’s an interesting cross-section of new DVDs in stores this week, from Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona to Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla. Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson go at it in Lakeview Terrace, while Ed Norton and Colin Farrell also don cop uniforms in Pride & Glory. Kirk Cameron’s Christian smash hit Fireproof is out [...]
Fireproof Earns Twice As Much As Religulous
Monday, October 27, 2008 5:07 PM | From Screen Rant
How has Fireproof managed to make TWICE as much money as Religulous at the box office?
FIREPROOF proves Christian-themed movies can still come out of nowhere and do brisk business; Kenneth Branagh is appropriately linked to THOR; Mark Miller's WAR HEROES will be adapted; Hollywood finally agrees on a digital projection deal.
Rant: Jesus Ruined Rock And Roll, And Now He Wants My Movies Too
Monday, October 6, 2008 4:20 AM | From Cinema Blend
First he ruined rock and roll, now he's out to ruin movies too. His names is Jesus Christ and after a successful career as a carpenter he's now out to change the world by taking over Hollywood. Don't worry, it'll never work.
Religiously themed movies have been bigger than ever recently, with micro-budgeted films like Tyler Perry's The Family that Preys and Kirk Cameron's Fireproof making significant box office inroads. Anti-religion films are doing pretty well too. Bill Maher's documentary ...
WTF: Fireproof Made Over $6.5 Million This Weekend?
The big surprise this weekend at the box office was a small budget ($500,000) limited release called Fireproof, which made over $6.5 million on only 839 screens. The film beat Spike Lee’s latest - Miracle at St. Anna! So how evangelical actor Kirk Cameron’s firefighter faith-based film become the year’s second highest grossing opening weekend [...]
Sturdy reviews "Fireproof"
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