Movie News
When you walk the Camino de Santiago, what you think will be hard is easy and what you think will be easy is hard. That's the advice Annie O'Neil gives after embarking on the 805-km pilgrimage known as the Camino Francés from St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to Santiago, Spain, the most popular of the Way of St. James.Â
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - Those super-sentient simians are back in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (Fox).
Antonio Banderas may be cast as Pope Francis in biopic
By Josephine McKenna, Religion News ServiceROME - Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas may be cast in the role of Pope Francis in the first feature film to be made on the life of the Argentine pontiff.
Film examines Cardinal's Lustiger's conflict between his roots, Catholicism
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterIn the era in which Catholics saw their first Polish pope, the Church in France saw its first Jewish cardinal.       Â
A sonöÏÓãÊÓƵapp journey opens fatheröÏÓãÊÓƵapp eyes
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTodd Burpo never expected his four-year-old son to test his faith. But thatöÏÓãÊÓƵapp exactly what happened to the Nebraska pastor.
Noah director not religious, but he says film's environmental messages are
By Lauren Markoe, Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON - Director Darren Aronofsky says he is not religious, and that his Russell Crowe blockbuster movie Noah is the “least-biblical biblical film ever made.â€
Heaven Is for Real
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength." Those familiar words, addressed to God in Psalm 8 of the King James Bible, might serve as the tagline for the fact-based drama "Heaven Is for Real" (TriStar).
Why some Muslim countries won’t screen ‘Noah’
By Omar Sacirbey, Religion News ServiceWorried there weren’t enough quality retellings of Muslim stories for children, Adiba Ataeva decided to start her own publishing company. But rather than printed books or videos, Ataeva went with audio books in part because the medium offered the least hassles with fellow Muslims.
Biblical films back in style
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterA decade after The Passion of the Christ, Hollywood has seen the light — again — and itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp the colour of money.
Noah sparks debate over one of the worldöÏÓãÊÓƵapp oldest and most beloved stories
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News ServiceNEW YORK - In recent years, Hollywood has made a concerted effort to lure religious audiences to the local cineplex with such films as The Passion of the Christ, Son of God and even dark-horse hits like Facing the Giants. And most of the time, itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp worked.
Getting to know Mary of Nazareth as mother
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterCatholics know the Virgin Mary well as mother, but not as daughter, woman or wife. The film Mary of Nazareth extrapolates from what is known of the Immaculate Conception to explore the life of a Jewish girl famous for saying yes to God.