Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Catholic
Religious Music & Entertainment

Archives

--Year-- 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 --Month-- December November October September August July June May April March February January

July 2016

July 01, 2016

Mel Gibson Returns With ‘Hacksaw Ridge’

We don't know about a "Passion" sequel, but Gibson has a new passion project, a...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

How’s Fox’s Catholic Neil Cavuto After His Open Heart Surgery?

Checking in on the Catholic FNC/FBN anchor and editor, who already has MS and underwent...

June 29, 2016

Stories in Stained Glass in ‘This Old Chapel’

If you've ever wondered what the images in stained glass mean, now you'll learn how...

June 26, 2016

Fishy Family Film ‘Finding Dory’ Leaves ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ in Its Wake

Family film "Finding Dory" proves that a good movie made for the family audience can...

June 19, 2016

McDonald’s, Marketing and Mass Appeal — The Church and the Media

Over at CatholicVote, I've written a musing on the ways in which the sacred world...

June 15, 2016

HBO’s ‘The Young Pope’ Smokes Cigarettes and Dons a Big Hat in Teaser Trailer

A limited series about the first American pontiff, starring British actor Jude Law, tries hard...

June 12, 2016

Catholic Athlete Brings Prayer to ‘Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge’

Do Catholicism and extreme sports go together? Athlete Kaiser Johnson definitely thinks so -- and...

June 11, 2016

‘Lesbian Couple’ in ‘Finding Dory’ May Be Just in the Eye of the Beholder

Excitement over a possible lesbian couple in the new Pixar movie "Finding Dory" appears to...

June 09, 2016

‘The Conjuring 2’ Drowns a Dramatic Real Story in Overblown SFX

Cartoonish SFX overshadow the fact-based story of a Catholic couple battling demonic forces afflicting a...

June 09, 2016

Report: Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ Has a Sequel in the Works

Screenwriter and director Randall Wallace says he's at work with Mel Gibson on a sequel...

June 08, 2016

‘The Young Messiah’: Exclusive DVD Extras Clip and Q&A With Director Cyrus Nowrasteh

Director Cyrus Nowrasteh talks in an exclusive DVD-extras clip and then answer questions about how...

June 06, 2016

Does ‘Finding Dory’ Feature a Lesbian Couple?

A brief flash of two women in a trailer for the new Pixar feature has...

June 06, 2016

Producers of ‘God’s Not Dead’ Slapped With $100M Copyright Lawsuit

From The Hollywood Reporter: Screenwriter Kelly Kullberg claims she developed a story inspired by her...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Notre Dame Priest Defends Hiroshima Bombing for PragerU

A priest who is also a history professor at Notre Dame University takes on the...

May 23, 2016

UPDATED: Variety Depicts Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer as a Suffering Christlike Figure (and a ‘False Prophet’)

Variety equates the suffering of Christ with the travails of a fabulously wealthy Yahoo! CEO....

May 20, 2016

‘Captain America: Civil War,’ ‘Daredevil’ and the Psychology of Sacrifice

Deep questions about friendship, sacrifice, life, death and faith play out in a pair of...

May 17, 2016

Sinead O’Connor, Abortion, Lady Gaga and Catholicism — It’s Complicated

Beneath the outrageous exterior of an artist beats a real heart -- and lives a...

May 16, 2016

The Good, the Bad, ‘The Real O’Neals’

So, ABC/Disney's "Catholic" comedy get a second season, but it's not as bad as it...

May 14, 2016

Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan Address Grads at the Catholic University of America

The spouses and producing partners -- of comedy, a TV show and five children --...

May 05, 2016

Calling All Parishes: Can You Host Tebow’s ‘Night to Shine’ Special-Needs Prom?

Issuing a challenge to Catholic parishes to be among those offering a beautiful prom experience...

May 03, 2016

‘You’re Not Getting a Boyfriend. You’re Gonna Be a Nun.’

In this viral clip, a dad offers perhaps not the best path to a religious...

May 01, 2016

The Sermonizing at the Heart of ‘A Beautiful Planet’

The dreary gospel of climate change mars what could have been a gloriously lyrical look...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Will Ferrell Pulls Out of Reagan ‘Alzheimer’s Comedy’

After a swift backlash from Ronald Reagan's family and former colleagues, it appears that Will...

April 28, 2016

Will Ferrell as Ronald Reagan: So, Alzheimer’s Is Funny Now?

Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis is livid at news that Will Ferrell is working on...

April 27, 2016

‘The Story of God’ and the Problem of Evil

Did the Devil make us do it, or do we do it by ourselves? Yes...

April 23, 2016

On Mercy: Pope Francis vs. ‘Game of Thrones’

A faithful Catholic and "Game of Thrones" fan contrasts how Church teaching and the TV...

April 20, 2016

‘The Story of God’ With Morgan Freeman: Prose vs. Poetry in ‘Creation’

In trying to link the scientific story of the Big Bang to stories of creation,...

April 17, 2016

EWTN’s Father Mitch Pacwa Survives a Heart Attack

The Jesuit priest and mainstay of EWTN survives a heart attack and asks for prayers.

April 12, 2016

Who Is God? Depends How You (or Morgan Freeman) Ask the Question

The nature of God gets a cursory examination in an episode that gives short shrift...

April 08, 2016

‘When Calls the Heart’: Daniel Lissing Is ‘A Man of Action … Mostly’

The star of the hit Hallmark Channel series misses the sun and wants more action...

«
22
23
24
25
26
»

Related posts from Kate O'Hare's Pax Culturati

Family

'You Can See Everything': A Film Without a...

Kate O'Hare's Pax Culturati

Family

'The Chosen' S6 Trailer: The Passion Gets Very...

Kate O'Hare's Pax Culturati

Family

Catholic Mike Ditka: Bear of a Man of...

Kate O'Hare's Pax Culturati

Family

We Need to Talk About 'Clarkson's Farm'

Kate O'Hare's Pax Culturati