Movie News
The clergy abuse-themed drama Spotlight is a movie no Catholic will want to see. Whether itƵapp a film many mature Catholics ought to see is a different question entirely.
Biblical epic Ben-Hur story to be told again
By Joseph McAleer, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - The horses have been harnessed and the chariot wheels greased for the new take on the classic film Ben-Hur that will roll into cinemas early next year.
A better life on the road to Heaven
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterDon Piper died instantly when an oncoming semi-trailer truck crashed into his car on his way home from a conference on Jan. 18, 1989. By the time paramedics were on the scene, they found his body crushed by the roof of his Ford Escort. He had no pulse and the paramedics were just waiting for the medical examiner to arrive to make it official.
Ingrid Bergman: Portrayer of nuns and saints, but much more
By Kurt Jensen, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - You must remember Ingrid Bergman.
The occasion of the Swedish-born actress' centennial — she was born Aug. 29, 1915 — has spurred lavish retrospectives of her films worldwide, including events at New York's Museum of Modern Art in and the American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Washington exhibit showcases Indiana Jones’ quest for the sacred
By Sara Weissman, Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON - The exhibit “Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archeology,” at the U.S. National Geographic Museum until Jan. 3, features 100 carefully crafted film props alongside real archaeological finds.
Call to action on the environment
By Simon Appolloni, Catholic Register SpecialNow is the time Catholics need to prepare for a new urgency and a new way of thinking about our tradition and the natural world. We have to claim a new or renewed intimacy with creation.
CinderellaƵapp Christian symbolism
By Bishop Robert BarronReleased before Easter, Cinderella is the most surprising Hollywood movie of the year so far.
Pure Flix aims to bring ‘culture of Christ’ to the film industry
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterDavid A. R. White and Michael Scott fell in love with movies at Church. Both grew up as pastorƵapp kids (or PKs as Scott likes to call it) and had regular movie nights at their respective churches, enjoyable nights that brought the whole community together.
Meet the Muslim actor chosen to play Jesus in upcoming film
By Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service“Bless you for playing Jesus, peace be upon him.”
Oscar's got nothin' on us: The real best movies, family films of 2014
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - The year just past saw the release of a number of films whose celebrated cinematic quality was not matched by moral merit.
Fifty Shades of Grey 'direct assault' on marriage, morality
By Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON - The new movie Fifty Shades of Grey is "a direct assault on Christian marriage and on the moral and spiritual strength of God's people," Cincinnati's archbishop told pastors in his archdiocese.