Good old Ponty is always bailing me out when I need it most. Actually, I now have ample time to loaf about and enjoy the fun of Christmas Break, but that’s precisely the time I don’t want to be dreaming up films to review.
Cue Pontifex Maximus with a chestnut roasting over an open fire. That chestnut is a faith-based film based on a story by Max Lucado that is, apparently, good. Finally, Christians are making some good art!
It sounds like a lovely film, and a good antidote to the endless array of cookie-cutter Hallmark films out there.
With that, here is Ponty’s review of 2013’s The Christmas Candle: