Like E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Starman, Independence Day, and a host of similar films over the past thirty years, Arrival explores the theme of an alien visitation to earth. In this iteration, Louise Banks (played by Amy Adams) […]
MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating:A-II Reel Rating: (3 out of 5 reels) “What works well as a spice often does not work well as a main course.” — Omar Ebbs Fantastic Beasts and Where to […]
Next month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the film, A Man for All Seasons. And if it’s impossible to imagine such a picture on such a theme winning Oscars today, then let’s be grateful that […]
A new film has as its subject Malachi Martin, an Irishman who was, by turns, Jesuit priest, professor at a Pontifical Institute in Rome, layman, bestselling author, talk show guest, celebrity. From the 1970s, he […]
Who wouldn’t want to show Amy Grant some love at Christmas? Not only is she a likable Christian icon, she also deserves a small mention of her own in any future book of holiday discographies. […]
Scott Derickson’s new film, Doctor Strange, has received rave reviews for its special-effects, its compelling story-telling, and the quality of its actors, but I would like to focus on the spirituality implicit in it. Doctor Strange is far […]
O Emmanuel is a magnificent new album that unfolds unlike any other Christmas disc you have heard before. To be precise, it is an Advent album. But that’s why it’s absolutely the perfect recording for […]
Two years ago I came upon an album by a jazz trio that caught my attention because the leader was Director of Music at Sacred Heart Parish (the crypt church beneath the University of Notre […]
Having been away from the director’s chair since 2006, Mel Gibson steps behind the camera again with Hacksaw Ridge, in theaters November 4. The biopic tells the story of Desmond Doss, a Medal of Honor […]
MPAA Rating: PG USCCB Rating: NR Reel Rating: (4 out of 5 reels) “Extinction is the rule; survival is the exception” – Carl Sagan Into the Inferno (which must not be confused with Dan Brown’s dreadful […]
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