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March 2014

March 09, 2014

UPDATE: “Cosmos” May Get Science Right, But It Gets Church History Wrong

UPDATE: I make it clear that I'm writing this blog post based on the Slate.com...

March 07, 2014

Will NBC’s “Believe” and ABC’s “Resurrection” Convey Emotional and Spiritual Truths?

With titles like "Believe" and "Resurrection," you might think that two new TV series include...

March 05, 2014

St. Jude Children’s Hospital Gets $1.5 Million Because of Ellen’s Oscar Selfie

The tweet shared 'round the world - a.k.a. Ellen Degeneres's Oscar selfie with Bradley Cooper,...

March 04, 2014

TV That’s Changing Lives: A Look at “Bulloch Family Ranch: Season Two”

If Julie and Rusty Bulloch were innkeepers in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, they would have...

March 03, 2014

Finding God, Laughs & Poignancy at the 2014 Oscars

The 2014 Oscars were my favorite in quite a few years despite running a half-hour...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Harry Connick Jr. Kicks Into ‘Dad Mode’ Again After Contestant’s Sexually Suggestive Song

Since I've been watching the Olympics for the past two weeks, my "American Idol" viewing...

February 05, 2014

James Cagney in “A Link in the Chain”

If you're a fan of classic movies, you likely know Academy Award-winning actor James Cagney...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Why You Should See “Gimme Shelter” and Ignore the Critics Shouting “Agenda!”

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the animosity - not just criticism, but animosity...

January 23, 2014

Harry Connick Jr. Goes to Confession

In a previous blog post, I looked at the Catholic backgrounds of 2014 "American Idol"...

January 21, 2014

Can Politicians and the Media Make Room for the Simple Alchemy of Love?

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo offended many people during an interview last week in which...

January 17, 2014

“American Idol’s” Catholic Judging Panel

It's well-known that the United States Supreme Court includes a number of Catholic judges. But...

January 16, 2014

“American Idol” 2014 Creates Sibling-esque Judging Panel – and It Works!

After an "American Idol" season with a judging panel that seemed like a five-month-long Thanksgiving...

January 08, 2014

Choosing Motherhood in a Dangerous World (a “Once Upon a Time” post)

The love of parents for their children has always been a theme on the TV...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

How “Mary Poppins” Inspired One of the Best Comedy Writers of Our Era

Though much of the Mary Poppins-related attention today will be directed at the new Disney...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Jim Caviezel: “I Look for Redeemable Stories”

Yesterday, EWTN's World Over Live with Raymond Arroyo aired an interview with "Person of Interest"...

November 15, 2013

“This is What an Intelligent, Engaged Woman of the Church Looks Like”

In June 2012, I interviewed Kara Eschbach and Janet Sahm about their start-up venture called...

November 13, 2013

Jennifer Lawrence Cuts Through Security Barrier to Talk with Girl in Wheelchair

Among the most popular posts I've written in my nearly two years of blogging here...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Former “Touched by an Angel” Producer Offers Commandments for Christians in Media

Brian Bird has worked in Hollywood for 25 years, most notably as a Co-Executive Producer...

October 22, 2013

UPDATED: What “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Can Learn From “Person of Interest”

"The Avengers" TV spin-off "Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." debuted to fantastic ratings, then leveled off...

October 04, 2013

Born Again: A Review of “Gravity” with Sandra Bullock & George Clooney

Silence is all astronaut Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) wants since her heart and soul...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Embracing the Darkness to Find the Light: Audrey Assad on Faith, Doubt, and “Breaking Bad”

“For God judged it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit...

September 19, 2013

Is Joss Whedon’s Bleak Worldview Responsible For His Hopeful Storytelling?

One of the reasons I've been a fan of Joss Whedon's work on TV shows...

August 2013

August 07, 2013

Good Intentions, the Road to Hell, and the Moral Devolution of “Breaking Bad’s” Walter White

When he was a young scientist, Walter White and his lab partner Gretchen analyzed the...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

The Disability That’s Not So Much of a Disability, After All

Sometimes when parents receive a diagnosis that their unborn child will suffer from a disability,...

July 17, 2013

The American Family at Its Best: A look at UP TV’s “Bulloch Family Ranch”

Julie and Rusty Bulloch's ranch in Lakeland, Florida, sits upon acres of dirt and grass....

July 15, 2013

Sheriff Walt Longmire: An Old-Fashioned Hero in a World of TV Antiheroes

In the days of TV antiheroes like Tony Soprano and Don Draper, Sheriff Walt Longmire...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

Wisdom Doesn’t Always Wear a Suit: NBC News’s Bob Dotson on the Power of Ordinary People

“The one overriding theme I found is that wisdom doesn’t always wear a suit.” Considering...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

A Christopher Awards Video and Picturepalooza

When a rainfall of Biblical proportions began falling in Manhattan during the afternoon of May...

May 28, 2013

There’s a Lot of Beauty in Ordinary Things: The Brilliance of “The Office” Series Finale

"There is a crack / A crack in everything / That's how the light gets...

May 13, 2013

Mr. Rogers on Judgment, Need and Holy Ground

The Christopher Awards are just around the corner; next Thursday, to be exact. It's made...