Arts Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:38:09 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Movie Review: ’Sully’ /features/arts/item/23051-movie-review-sully /features/arts/item/23051-movie-review-sully

NEW YORK – Putting Tom Hanks in the cockpit as everybody's favorite aviator, U.S. Airways Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, and bringing Clint Eastwood on board to direct him certainly sounds like a formula for high-flying success. And so it proves with "Sully" (Warner Bros.), Eastwood's satisfying adaptation of Sullenberger's memoir (co-written with Jeffrey Zaslow) "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters."

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Movie News Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:00:00 -0400
Vatican paper: exploring the final frontier, Star Trek offered peace /features/arts/item/23044-vatican-paper-exploring-the-final-frontier-star-trek-offered-peace /features/arts/item/23044-vatican-paper-exploring-the-final-frontier-star-trek-offered-peace

Accolades for “Star Trek” are filling the internet on the 50th anniversary of the television showƵapp premiere back on Sept. 8, 1966, and now the PopeƵapp newspaper has joined the chorus of hosannas for one of the most popular franchises in entertainment history.

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Movie News Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:30:00 -0400
ItƵapp in the giving that Jean Vanier has received /features/arts/item/23006-it-s-in-the-giving-that-jean-vanier-has-received /features/arts/item/23006-it-s-in-the-giving-that-jean-vanier-has-received

A well-known line from the Peace Prayer of St. Francis wisely tells us “it is in giving that we receive.” This mantra encapsulates the incredible life of spiritual giant Jean Vanier, now 87, chronicled in Michael Higgins’ biography Jean Vanier: Logician of the Heart.

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Book News Sat, 03 Sep 2016 18:50:00 -0400
'Ben-Hur' remake stresses reconciliation theme, producer Downey says /features/arts/item/22919-ben-hur-remake-stresses-reconciliation-theme-producer-downey-says /features/arts/item/22919-ben-hur-remake-stresses-reconciliation-theme-producer-downey-says

WASHINGTON – It's been 57 years since the last film version of "Ben-Hur" hit movie theaters. That alone is, for most Hollywood types, reason enough for a remake.

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Movie News Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:30:00 -0400
Movie Review: Ben-Hur /features/arts/item/22918-movie-review-ben-hur /features/arts/item/22918-movie-review-ben-hur

NEW YORK – Few films come to the screen with the kind of storied pedigree that lies behind "Ben-Hur" (Paramount).

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Movie News Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:00:00 -0400
Coming to terms with Holocaust and homeland /features/arts/item/22832-coming-to-terms-with-holocaust-and-homeland /features/arts/item/22832-coming-to-terms-with-holocaust-and-homeland

Dear Mr. Eisen, I have been asked to write a review of your book, By Chance Alone. I took this on with trepidation. After all, what can I say?

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Book News Sun, 07 Aug 2016 08:00:00 -0400
Faith inspired gold medallist well beyond the track /features/arts/item/22779-faith-inspired-gold-medallist-well-beyond-the-track /features/arts/item/22779-faith-inspired-gold-medallist-well-beyond-the-track

Most people would know the story of Eric Liddell from the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, where his character was featured along with his Olympic “rival” Harold Abrahams. No less compelling than the Oscar-winning movie — though taking less creative licence — For the Glory portrays a more comprehensive and historically accurate Liddell by exploring the role his faith played throughout his life.

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Arts News Sat, 30 Jul 2016 11:00:00 -0400
Adult colouring books get niched: Colour me Christian, Jewish, Muslim and more /features/arts/item/22727-adult-colouring-books-get-niched-colour-me-christian-jewish-muslim-and-more /features/arts/item/22727-adult-colouring-books-get-niched-colour-me-christian-jewish-muslim-and-more

It is hard to walk into a grocery store, drugstore, gas station or anywhere else without coming across a display of adult colouring books. The trend started a couple of years ago with Johanna BasfordƵapp uber-popular volumes of pretty flowers and frolicking sea life.

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Book News Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:30:00 -0400
ISIS slaughter turns singerƵapp focus to refugees /features/arts/item/22722-isis-slaughter-turns-singer-s-focus-to-refugees /features/arts/item/22722-isis-slaughter-turns-singer-s-focus-to-refugees

It was February 2015 and American singer-songwriter Audrey Assad was working with fellow Catholic artist Matt Maher on his new album. She was sitting in MaherƵapp backyard when she came across the shocking video online. Twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christian men were about to be beheaded by the Islamic State on a Libyan beach.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Music News Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:00:00 -0400
Bible Gateway now lets users search the Bible using emoji /features/arts/item/22684-bible-gateway-now-lets-users-search-the-bible-using-emoji /features/arts/item/22684-bible-gateway-now-lets-users-search-the-bible-using-emoji

Ever wonder what the Bible has to say about praise hands and tears of joy? Now you can search the Bible using emoji on Bible Gateway.

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Arts News Sun, 17 Jul 2016 08:30:00 -0400