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September 2013

September 17, 2013

This looks thrilling: a glimpse at the new IMAX movie “Jerusalem”

See the Holy Land as never before, thanks to the wizards at National Geographic. From...

September 09, 2013

Boffo: Argentina producing a major motion picture about the pope

From Variety: Habemus a pope pic. And from Pope Francis’ native Argentina. One of its most international...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

First look: “Mary of Nazareth” trailer

This fall's must-see Catholic movie? Fr. Donald Calloway got an early look and raved: The...

August 09, 2013

Thomas Merton’s love life to be made into a movie

Longtime readers of the blog know that I'm a Thomas Merton fanboy. His life and...

August 09, 2013

Thomas Merton’s love life to be made into a movie

Longtime readers of the blog know that I’m a Thomas Merton fanboy. His life and...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

This looks great: Ben Stiller as Walter Mitty

James Thurber's classic short story is being remade—Danny Kaye did it years ago—and Ben Stiller...

July 31, 2013

This looks great: Ben Stiller as Walter Mitty

James Thurber’s classic short story is being remade—Danny Kaye did it years ago—and Ben Stiller...

June 2013

June 15, 2013

“Man of Steel” Flying to a Pulpit Near You?

That's what the producers are hoping, anyway, thanks to a savvy marketing campaign: As the...

June 09, 2013

A Visit to “The Great Gatsby’s” Valley of Ashes Today

Anyone who's seen the newest incarnation of "The Great Gatsby" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, or read...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

TV’s “The Bible” headed to movie screens this fall

The visionary producer Mark Burnett has had another vision: dollar signs. Details: Jesus is heading...

April 11, 2013

The movie producer in a collar

Who knew? Details: No sooner had Eric Andrews arrived on the set of “The Lost...

April 08, 2013

Chicago’s Fr. Michael Pfleger gives final blessing at Roger Ebert’s funeral

Details: As a standing ovation finally quieted inside Holy Name Cathedral, Chaz Ebert paid the...

April 08, 2013

RIP: Annette Funicello, Catholic

Sad news, with word that the most famous Mouseketeer of all died today after a...

February 2013

February 02, 2013

“I’m A god…not THE God…”

Happy Groundhog Day. This movie, meantime, is still and forever one of the greatest cinematic...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

Wow: “Toy Story” remade, shot by shot, with live actors

These guys clearly had too much time on their hands. The Facebook page for this...

January 12, 2013

One Take More…and another and another: Shooting “Les Mis” and seeing songs as prayers

Director Tom Hooper discusses the work that went into his interpretation of the musical, and...

January 08, 2013

“Les Mis”: it’s all about the bishop

There's a lovely remembrance of first encountering "Les Miserables" -- the musical and the book...

January 04, 2013

Bring him home: Hugh Jackman talks about modeling Jean Valjean on his own father’s conversion

And, perhaps fittingly, the star is literally a son of Grace. Details: His performance is...

January 03, 2013

How targeting “Les Mis” to Christians paid off

Though some were shocked, simply shocked to see fleeting moments of sexual congress (one involving...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

A feminist who is miserable about “Les Miserables”

Author Stacy Wolf looks at "Les Mis" through a feminist lens in the Washington Post,...

December 30, 2012

“I have saved your soul for God”: say, isn’t the bishop in “Les Mis” wearing a dalmatic?

The part is played by the great Colm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Jean...

December 28, 2012

Victor Hugo: miserable Catholic?

As I mentioned, the movie of "Les Miserables" is teeming with Catholic references. It lead...

December 28, 2012

6 things that struck me about “Les Miserables”

At long last, I saw the movie version of “Les Miserables” tonight, tears dribbling off...

December 19, 2012

“When you’re worried, and you can’t sleep…”

...count your blessings, instead of sheep..." Herewith, one of my favorite songs for the holidays—which...

December 18, 2012

“Les Miserables”: timeless—and timely

Tony Rossi offers his review of this year's must-see movie musical: The Christmas debut is...

December 13, 2012

India produces a movie about Jesus: Passion of the (Hindu) Christ?

Now for something completely different. Details: Christaayan, the first Hindi production about Jesus, has been...

December 11, 2012

“Man of Steel”: Messiah?

More than a few people have mentioned the striking Christian allegory of Christopher Nolan's "Dark...

December 04, 2012

“What God means in practice is the act of compassion…”

“We live in a selfish age, obsessed with how we project various versions of ourselves....

December 03, 2012

On “Les Miserables”: “This is me honoring that this pain lives in the world…”

My blog neighbor Tony Rossi has a terrific posting up today about the new movie...

November 2012

November 12, 2012

“Will you join in our crusade…?”

More "Les Mis" music! Below, the international trailer for what looks, increasingly, like something truly...