Movie Review: ***^The Masked Saint

This was a pleasant find by way of movies.  It was loud at the beginning with professional wrestling. However it soon mellowed out and was enjoyable.  Chris (Brett Granstaff) is injured and forced to resign from wrestling.  He takes up preaching, and is not very good; but he is a fighter.  His wife (Lara Jean Chorostecki) is also a go-getter.  A church goer, Ms Edna (Diahann Carroll)  helps Chris through some rough edges.  However he returns to wrestling to pay off church debts.  At the same time, he finds some anonymity in helping others by wearing his mask.  He does this a few times in situations involving criminal activity.  There is a point he becomes full of himself, and prideful that he is saving the church.  However a local gangster gets on his case who wants to force him out.   His girls and customers are turning to the Lord and his business is waining.
There is some great wrestling action, and an intense rivalry between himself and Chris (The Masked Saint) and The Reaper (James Preston Rogers.)  This movie has both, good action in the ring, and a Christian based story.

Music Review: Diahann Carrol: The Lady. The Music. The Legend.

Diahann Carrol is a TV star, movie star and Broadway star.  This is a made for PBS concert.  She is backed by the Pat Risso Orchestra.  It is available through instant Netflix.  This concert was filmed in 2010 in Palm Springs. 
I went looking for it as I wanted to find some background on the song the Mormon Tabernacle sang this week, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."  She is a very good artist and this song is beautiful.  This is the lyric quoted in the spoken word:
"On a clear day
Rise and 1ook around you
And you'll see who you are
On a clear day
How it will astound you
That the glow of your being
Outshines every star
I also enjoyed "Come Rain or Come Shine."  However, with only a couple exceptions, including the aforementioned songs, the music is mostly forgettable.  "High Hopes" has very good energy.  She sings "New York, New York."  It is interesting to note that Carrol had to break down stereotypes on many occasions.  She was the first black woman with a regular role other than as a domestic.  The song New York captured this attitude. 
For me the lowest part of this concert was the performers naration.  It seemed too much self agrandizing as she talked about her career, and getting a call her and a call there.