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May 2014

May 16, 2014

Antonio Banderas as Pope Francis?

It could happen, according to RNS: Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas may be cast in the...

May 13, 2014

Vatican responds to “Exorcist” author on Georgetown: “Your communications constitute a well-founded complaint”

From The Washington Post: The author of the thriller “The Exorcist” says he has new...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

My review of “Heaven is for Real”

Enjoying a rare day off following the Triduum marathon, I took my wife to see...

April 21, 2014

“Heaven” is a real hit. Is Hollywood listening?

Money talks, after all. From The New York Times: “Heaven Is for Real” became Hollywood’s...

April 14, 2014

NPR: Disney is tolerant of anything but the word “God”

So say the Academy Award-winning songwriters behind the monster hit, "Frozen," in this interview with...

April 14, 2014

F-bombs and Palm Sunday: Mark Wahlberg at MTV Movie Awards

The Catholic actor took the stage at the MTV Awards last night—and it was definitely...

April 04, 2014

Scientists say the ark would float—even with 35,000 species of animals

Don't try this at home. Although it seems scientists think it would work: Noah's Ark...

April 01, 2014

Fr. Robert Barron weighs in on “Noah”

One of the contemporary church's most thoughtful evangelists offers his take on one of the...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Will the success of “Noah” flood theaters with more religious films?

The Russell Crowe epic opened big—the biggest opening week, in fact, in Crowe's estimable career—and...

March 28, 2014

Whatever floats your boat: two Catholic critics on “Noah”

From Steven Greydanus at National Catholic Register: It is not a “Bible movie” in the...

March 20, 2014

Report: Russell Crowe meets Pope Francis

From Religion News Service: Russell Crowe, who plays the title character in the new Hollywood...

March 13, 2014

Whatever happened to…Mel Gibson?

This Lent marks the 10-year anniversary of his controversial (and record-shattering) "The Passion of the...

March 03, 2014

Matthew McConaughey, Mass-goer?

A great big H/T to Terry Mattingly over at Get Religion, who unearthed this nugget...

March 03, 2014

Hooray for Holy-wood!

My blog neighbor Tony Rossi watched the Oscars last night so the rest of us...

March 02, 2014

Will “Son of God” be this weekend’s #1 movie at the box office?

Maybe: Universal’s Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson, surged ahead to take the lead in the weekend box...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

C.Y.A. (Cover Your Ark): Film “Noah” will now carry a disclaimer

From The Los Angeles Times: In a move clearly aimed to appease potential religious critics,...

February 23, 2014

Will God be boffo box office?

A former producer, now a movie reporter for The New York Times, offers his insight: ...

February 21, 2014

Holy hit: “Son of God” already popular with churches, religious groups

From The Hollywood Reporter: The Jesus Christ-focused film Son of God doesn't hit theaters until next week,...

February 18, 2014

Roma Downey on “Son of God”

The actress and producer discusses the movie with CNS (unfortunately, she doesn't discuss the decision...

February 13, 2014

Ready for summer? Here.

A favorite moment from my favorite movie this winter. If you don't want to, um,...

February 12, 2014

Director of pope’s favorite film, “Babette’s Feast,” dies

Details: Gabriel Axel, a director whose 1987 labor of love, “Babette’s Feast,” received the first...

February 12, 2014

Coming attraction: God

Bible-based movies are proliferating on movie screens this year. The Hollywood Reporter has a preview:...

February 06, 2014

When Francis met Philomena

Details, from Religion News Service: Philomena Lee, the real-life Irish woman whose life story is...

February 02, 2014

The greatness of Phillip Seymour Hoffman

R.I.P. The 46-year-old actor, arguably one of the finest of his generation, was found dead...

January 2014

January 11, 2014

Coming soon: a movie with priests, nuns, art…and George Clooney

Check out this featurette below, on the upcoming film "The Monuments Men." It looks terrific....

January 03, 2014

Defining “Gravity”: how they did it

H/T to Katrina Fernandez, who posted this on FB. When I saw this movie over...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

It’s a terrible idea

From Variety: Star Partners and Hummingbird Prods. are collaborating on production of a sequel to Frank...

November 14, 2013

First look: Russell Crowe’s epic “Noah”

Noah? Who-ah! Wow. Just...wow. Check it out. No release date listed.

November 05, 2013

First look: “One Chance,” the Paul Potts movie

Who could forget the amazing saga of Paul Potts, who set the template for Susan...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

Whatever happened to the real child in “The Exorcist” case?

Well, this explains a lot: evidently someone once possessed by the devil grew up to...