With some sort of activity happening tomorrow in the far right side of the country, you may have missed a little announcement from the far left side of the country from a right-leaning entertainment organization.
Yes, over the past couple of weeks, MOVIEGUIDE® has been slowly (and strangely – not sure why they’ve been doing it piecemeal) revealing the nominees for their annual awards show. And as is our tradition at Thimblerig’s Ark (well, starting last year), we present the nearly complete list of MOVIEGUIDE® awards nominees for your pleasure.
The 2016 MOVIEGUIDE® Awards Nominations
Epiphany Prize to the Most Inspiring Movie of 2016
Ben-Hur
God’s Not Dead 2
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar
Miracles from Heaven
Risen
Silence
The Young Messiah
Epiphany Prize to the Most Inspiring Television Program of 2016
Agents of Shield: Season 3: Episodes 20-22
The Bridge Part 2
Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors
Operation Christmas
The Passion: New Orleans
Pocahontas: Dove of Peace
A Time To Dance
Bradley Foundation Faith & Freedom Award for Movies
The Faith & Freedom Awards for Promoting Positive American Values are awarded for entertainment value, for craftsmanship, and for creating programming that is uplifting, moral, insightful, compassionate, and that shows America and its people in a positive light.
Captain America: Civil War
God’s Not Dead 2
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Queen of Katwe
Sing
Sully
Best Movie for Families
Finding Dory
The Jungle Book
Miracles from Heaven
Pete’s Dragon
Queen of Katwe
The Secret Life of Pets
Sing
Trolls
The Young Messiah
Zootopia
Best Movie for Mature Audiences
Ben Hur
Captain America: Civil War
Eddie the Eagle
The Finest Hours
God’s Not Dead 2
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Risen
Silence
Sully
Grace Award for Most Inspiring Performance for Movies
Awarded annually to an actor or actress in a motion picture or television program who exemplifies God’s grace and mercy toward us as human beings through their outstanding performance.
Rodrigo Santoro, Ben-Hur
David A.R. White, God’s Not Dead 2
Melissa Joan Hart, God’s Not Dead 2
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Josh Brolin, Hail, Caesar!
Rober Pike Daniel, Hail, Caesar!
Jennifer Garner, Miracles from Heaven
Kylie Rogers, Miracles from Heaven
Cliff Curtis, Risen
Joseph Fiennes, Risen
Adam Greaves-Neal, The Young Messiah
Grace Award for Most Inspiring Performance for TV
Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Faith Ford, The Bridge
Ted McGinley, The Bridge
Alyvia Alyn Lind, Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors
Gerald McRaney, Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors
Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors
Tyler Perry, The Passion: New Orleans
Devielle Johnson, A Time to Dance
The MOVIEGUIDE® Awards are scheduled for February 10, 2017 at the Universal Hilton Hotel. It’s usually televised a couple of weeks later, but right now that information is not available.
And if anyone from MOVIEGUIDE® happens to read this, I’d love to find out a couple of things from you: first, what is the process for selecting the nominees? Second, why don’t you air the show live?
Finally, for kicks and giggles, here is a picture of Thimblerig’s Ark author Nate Fleming with Dr. Ted Baehr himself. Taken last year at the Variety Faith and Family Summit in Hollywood.
Thimblerig's Ark 
Hey cool to see a photo of you!
Ha… hopefully it doesn’t scare people away from the blog!