Michael Kress: March 2007 Archives

"The Peaceful Warrior," starring Nick Nolte, returns to theaters this weekend following its short-lived limited release last summer. In this screen version of Dan Millman's "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior," a young gymnast finds hope and learns to achieve his full potential with the help of Nolte's service-station mechanic/wise spiritual mentor, dubbed Socrates by the gymnast. For the role, Nolte was nominated for the Beliefnet Film Award for Best Spiritual Performance.

Before heading to theaters--or to Best Buy to get your free tickets--check out Beliefnet's coverage of the movie:

• Watch clips from the movie.
• Listen to, or read, an interview with Nick Nolte.
• Read a review of the movie.
• Read the debate about Nolte's Beliefnet Film Award nomination.

If, like most of the world, you missed last year's limited theatrical release of "Peaceful Warrior," fret not. Universal is giving the film a second life, releasing it in theaters again on March 30. And to promote the release, Universal is offering free tickets to opening-weekend showings, available at Best Buy store locations or online at www.bestbuy.com/peacefulwarrior between March 18 and April 1. According to a press release about the film release and promotion, the giveaway amounts to as much as $15 million in free tickets.

"Peaceful Warrior" is the film adaptation of Dan Millman's contemporary spirituality classic "Way of the Peaceful Warrior." It stars Nick Nolte as Socrates, the wise service station attendant who helps a star gymnast work through his devastating injury. For the role, Nolte was one of our nominees for the Beliefnet Film Award for Best Spiritual Performance. Soon, you'll have another chance to see for yourself whether he deserved it.

Click here to watch clips from "Peaceful Warrior," here to read an interview with Nick Nolte, or here to read Idol Chatter's review of the movie.

Amidst all the hoopla over the past couple of weeks about the alleged discovery of the tombs of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, James Cameron--the "Titanic" director who produced the documentary "The Jesus Family Tomb"--offered this gem of a comment: Grasping to explain the statistical improbability of finding these names together in one family tomb, Cameron said: "If you found a John, a Paul and a George, you're not going to leap to any conclusions... unless you found a Ringo."

In our celebrity-obsessed culture, it seems, you really do need to invoke the gods of pop-culture to explain just about anything--even an archaeological claim about Jesus himself. Somewhere, John Lennon is feeling vindicated for his much-maligned comment that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus.