The Chosen: Holy Spirit at Work
The first two episodes of Season 5 of the hugely popular series The Chosen opened in cinemas throughout South Africa yesterday, April 10. Günther Simmermacher went to...
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The Chosen’s “Peter” Discusses New Season
By Günther Simmermacher – Since the phenomenal success of the series The Chosen, about Jesus and his followers, St Peter has been given a new face, that of...
The Chosen Returns to SA Screens
Following last year’s successful cinema run of the popular series The Chosen, the first two episodes of Season 5 will be released in South African cinemas nationwide...
Cabrini Film Reviewed: How a Nun Beat the Odds
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher For Catholics, the release of a film about saints is always welcome news, more so when it gets a mainstream cinema release, as...
Watch ‘Why The Nativity?’ for Christmas
By Kurt Jensen, CNS – If you get the impression that the film “Why the Nativity?” is ubiquitous this holiday season, that’s no accident. Instead, it’s the...
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,...
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.
