Arts Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:14:59 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Blessed Acutis' roadmap leads to Christ /features/arts/item/37409-blessed-acutis-roadmap-leads-to-christ /features/arts/item/37409-blessed-acutis-roadmap-leads-to-christ

With two prominent Catholic organizations recently signing on as official partners, a new film taking an in-depth look at the soon-to-be first millennial saint is starting to catch the eye of fans of Catholic media and beyond. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Movie News Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:32:31 -0500
Conclave ‘makes a mockery of our faith’ /features/arts/item/37317-conclave-makes-a-mockery-of-our-faith /features/arts/item/37317-conclave-makes-a-mockery-of-our-faith

A serious, even lugubrious, tone and a top-flight cast add heft to the ecclesiastical melodrama Conclave (Focus). Yet the film is fundamentally a power-struggle potboiler kept roiling by attention-grabbing plot developments — the last and most significant of which Catholic viewers will likely find uncomfortable at best, and which has already drawn the ire of some.

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Movie News Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:26:49 -0400
A timeless message for our time /features/arts/item/37183-a-timeless-message-for-our-time /features/arts/item/37183-a-timeless-message-for-our-time

A new coming-of-age film set in Second World War France is reviving timeless messages of kindness and bravery, ones that are always in vogue, especially in today's troubled world.

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Movie News Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:17:47 -0400
Film an injustice to Mother CabriniöÏÓãÊÓƵapp mission /features/arts/item/36544-film-an-injustice-to-mother-cabrini-s-mission /features/arts/item/36544-film-an-injustice-to-mother-cabrini-s-mission

Cabrini, the latest movie from the team that produced Bella (2006) and Sound of Freedom (2023), opened on March 8 in cinemas across North America.

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Movie News Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:41:35 -0400
D&P harnesses film to spread social justice /features/arts/item/36537-d-p-harnesses-film-to-spread-social-justice /features/arts/item/36537-d-p-harnesses-film-to-spread-social-justice

The Diocese of Hamilton and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada are harnessing the power of film to educate people on social issues across the globe in a casual yet engaging way. 

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Movie News Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:01:42 -0400
Can 'Ordinary Angels' kickstart film industry? /features/arts/item/36445-can-ordinary-angels-kickstart-film-industry /features/arts/item/36445-can-ordinary-angels-kickstart-film-industry

The North American box office is off to a feeble start in 2024. January produced a total haul of $513.6 million. According to the media measurement and analytics company Comscore, this marks the worst performance for the first month of the year, outside of the COVID years, since 1999.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Movie News Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:36:38 -0500
Caviezel: 'Sound of Freedom' a 'weapon of mass instruction' to end child trafficking /features/arts/item/35677-caviezel-sound-of-freedom-a-weapon-of-mass-instruction-to-end-child-trafficking /features/arts/item/35677-caviezel-sound-of-freedom-a-weapon-of-mass-instruction-to-end-child-trafficking

A new film starring Jim Caviezel aims to move millions to end the scourge of child trafficking.

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Movie News Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:45:13 -0400
For new role, Shia LeBeouf ‘fell in love with Christ’ /features/arts/item/35590-for-new-role-shia-lebeouf-fell-in-love-with-christ /features/arts/item/35590-for-new-role-shia-lebeouf-fell-in-love-with-christ

Actor Shia LaBeouf portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the new drama Padre Pio, which premiered at last yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2.

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Movie News Wed, 31 May 2023 10:35:01 -0400
While theologically lacking, Jesus Revolution still groovy /features/arts/item/35300-while-theologically-lacking-jesus-revolution-still-groovy /features/arts/item/35300-while-theologically-lacking-jesus-revolution-still-groovy

The Woodstock generation gets religion in the warmhearted fact-based drama Jesus Revolution (Lionsgate). Refreshingly free of the usual objectionable ingredients, this generally appealing Evangelically-flavoured look back at a somewhat surprising chapter in Baby Boomer history is doctrinally dodgy but ethically uplifting.

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Movie News Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:33:04 -0500
Film relives MaryöÏÓãÊÓƵapp journey with the Cross /features/arts/item/35252-film-relives-mary-s-journey-with-the-cross /features/arts/item/35252-film-relives-mary-s-journey-with-the-cross

While attending Mass at St. Vital Catholic Church in Winnipeg in 2020, Bisong TaiwoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp cinematic eye was entranced by the lighting of the Stations of the Cross sculptures hanging on the walls. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Movie News Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:15:00 -0500