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September 2021

September 17, 2021

‘The Starling’: Talking to Catholic Director Theodore ‘Ted’ Melfi

Recently, I got to sit down for a video chat with Ted Melfi, director of...

September 06, 2021

BritBox’s ‘Broken’ and ‘Time’: Jimmy McGovern’s Soft Spot for the Catholic Church

British TV and movie writer Jimmy McGovern says he no longer believes in the Catholic...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’: Murder Most Fun — and Foul

Is Hulu's 'Only Murders in the Building' good? Yes. Is it entertaining? Yes. Do Selena...

August 29, 2021

Yahoo Finance’s ‘Valley of Hype’ Looks at Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes: Did Nature Ultimately Defeat the Former Biotech CEO?

'Valley of Hype,' premiering Aug 30, looks at how alleged fraudster Elizabeth Holmes managed to...

August 12, 2021

‘Respect’: Aretha Franklin Biopic Hits Only the High Notes

'Respect' hits only the high points of Aretha Franklin's life and career, but it doesn't...

August 03, 2021

‘The Chosen’ Video: Stars Jonathan Roumie and Elizabeth Tabish Talk Jerusalem, That Sermon and Blue Lips

My video chat with two stars of 'The Chosen': Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus, and...

July 2021

July 19, 2021

Papal Biographer Austen Ivereigh on PBS’ New Pope Francis Doc and ‘The Chosen’

'In Their Own Words: Pope Francis,' airing July 20 on PBS, talks to Austen Ivereigh,...

July 10, 2021

Amazon’s ‘Clarkson’s Farm’: Crops, Kaleb, a Lamborghini Tractor, and a Ram Named Wayne (Plus Renewal News)

If you watch nothing else unscripted between now and the end of the year, let...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

‘The Chosen’: BYUtv Airs and Supports the Crowdfunded Jesus Series

General manager Michael Dunn of BYUtv explains what the non-commercial cable and streaming channel, operated...

June 15, 2021

‘The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It’: Catholic Priests Vs. Evil

As we see in Warner Bros.' new 'The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do...

June 06, 2021

‘Father Stu’: Two Who Knew the Real Man Behind the New Mark Wahlberg/Mel Gibson Movie

Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson join forces in the remarkable life story of Father Stuart...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

Netflix’s ‘Blue Miracle’: It’s Fun, Very Blue & Utterly Predictable

Very little happens in Netflix's 'Blue Miracle,' available now, that should surprise anyone, but that...

May 08, 2021

Raymond Arroyo Just Wants to Tell You a Story

Whether reporting news, writing articles or producing best-selling children's books, all Raymond Arroyo really wants...

April 2021

April 24, 2021

‘Deadliest Catch: Bloodline,’ Part 2: Josh Harris on Bringing Back Brother Jake and Finding Faith

As viewers saw in the season-two premiere of 'Deadliest Catch: Bloodline,' Josh Harris' younger brother...

April 24, 2021

‘Deadliest Catch: Bloodline,’ Part 1: Josh Harris on Fishing in Hawaii and Catching COVID-19

In season two of 'Deadliest Catch: Bloodline,' streaming on Discovery+, Josh Harris deals with a...

April 03, 2021

PBS’ ‘Hemingway’: The Raucous, Tragic Life of an Acclaimed Writer (and Maybe Being More Catholic Would Have Helped)

PBS' 'Hemingway' paints a fascinating and frequently unflattering portrait of a writer who ultimately drowned...

April 02, 2021

Premiering Holy Saturday, Lifetime’s ‘Mahalia’ Profiles a Gospel Singer Who Kept the Faith

This Holy Saturday, Lifetime goes gospel with 'Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia,' a biopic of gospel-music...

March 2021

March 27, 2021

‘Francesco’ Is a Love Letter — Just Not to Everything Pope Francis Says or Does

It's hard not to be glad 'Francesco' exists, even if the 2020 documentary, launching Palm...

March 26, 2021

Netflix’s ‘A Week Away’ Is a Breezy Musical Romp — With Some God

In the new musical 'A Week Away,' premiering Friday, March 26, on Netflix, a troubled...

March 25, 2021

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March 21, 2021

PBS’ ‘American Masters’ Examines the Sacramental Strangeness of ‘Flannery’

The documentary 'Flannery' profiles Southern writer Flannery O'Connor, whose strange, often grotesque, characters and situations...

March 20, 2021

‘Genius: Aretha’: Cynthia Erivo Sizzles as the Queen of Soul in Balanced Biopic

Since her death in 2018, the legend of "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin has only...

March 18, 2021

Happy Birthday, Mike Rowe — ‘Dirty Jobs’ Is Back!

Discovery chose today, March 18, Mike Rowe's birthday to announce the return of his hit...

March 12, 2021

‘Church People’: Not My Church, But Some Funny People

Hitting theaters March 13-15, 'Church People' has some very familiar faces but took me to...

February 2021

February 27, 2021

Women and Power: Buffy vs. Scully

Between 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and Dana Scully of 'The X-Files,' which is the better...

February 21, 2021

Tim Allen and Richard Karn of ‘Home Improvement’ Take Their Real-Life Friendship to History’s ‘Assembly Required’

So, the guys who co-starred in a sitcom inspired by a real-life show about builders...

February 14, 2021

PBS Surveys ‘The Black Church’ — The Non-Catholic Parts, Anyway

In PBS' The Black Church,' Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the guide for a...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

Discovery+ Series ‘Six Degrees With Mike Rowe’ Gets a Showing on Cable Discovery

'Six Degrees With Mike Rowe' is the 'Dirty Jobs' host's take on the 1970s British...

January 19, 2021

The CW’s ‘Walker’ Is Sure Not ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’

What happens when Walker, Texas Ranger becomes just Walker? More than the loss of two...

January 09, 2021

Charming, Family-Friendly ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Comes to PBS’ ‘Masterpiece’

These days, remakes fill me with dread rather than anticipation, which makes PBS' 'Masterpiece: All...

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