The Chosen: Gospel Binge
Günther Simmermacher watched Season 2 of the Gospel-based series The Chosen — and liked it. If all of the things Jesus did “were written down in detail,...
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Fatima Filmmaker: This is a Film For Everyone
The “Fatima” filmmaker credits the miraculous events in rural Portugal a century ago for her conversion to Catholicism and her devotion to Mary. Mary’s appearances before three...
Why Series ‘The Chosen’ is Binge-Worthy
The producers of a new series on the ministry of Jesus say they’ve created binge-worthy TV—and they’re not wrong. Leaving aside the terminology of binging, which calls to...
Film Celebrates Life Of A Catholic Martyr
On January 31, a film about a Catholic victim of the Nazis opens in South Africa. JOHN MULDERIG reviews A Hidden Life, about the martyr Bl Franz Jägerstätter and...
Is the Latest Robin Hood Deliberately Anti-Catholic?
Someone behind “Robin Hood”- presumably one or both of the screenwriters, Ben Chandler and David James Kelly – has mommy issues with Holy Mother Church.
Movie Reviews – Spectre/Rock the Kasbah
Spectre By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Movie Review -A car chase through St. Peter’s Square and a flippant joke about joining the priesthood aside, the 24th...
Movie Review – Brooklyn / No Escape
Brooklyn By John P. McCarthy, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – Few immigrants to America can be said to have had it easy. Part and parcel...
Movie Review – Pan / Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Pan By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – Fidgeting with the iconic characters of a classic story is a dicey business at best. So...
Movie Review – Black Mass / The Martian
Black Mass By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – The somber fact-based crime drama “Black Mass” (Warner Bros.), adapted from the eponymous book by...
Movie Review – The Walk / Sicario
The Walk By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – In August 1974, just as the Watergate scandal was approaching its climax with the announcement...
Movie Review – Straight Outta Compton / Ricki and the Flash
Straight Outta Compton By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – The proper limits of free speech and the appropriate use of violence are just...
Movie Review – The Perfect Guy / We Are Your Friends
The Perfect Guy By Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – The stale predictability and slow pacing of “The Perfect Guy” (Screen Gems) might appeal...
