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March 2009

March 02, 2009

Blessed is the Match: The Life & Death of Hannah Senesh

A beautiful documentary opened earlier this month in LA and NY and will soon be...

February 2009

February 27, 2009

Catholic Media Convention May 27-30, 2009

The 2009 Catholic Media Convention theme lets you know that this year's agenda is designed...

February 26, 2009

Movies & Lent

Here are two books, excellent for individuals or groups, to journey through Lent using movies and...

February 25, 2009

Oscar Reflections & Party Notes

I really enjoyed the Oscars this year and despite all the complaints about previous years,...

February 24, 2009

Ash Wednesday in Hollywood

BLESSED SACRAMENT 6657 Sunset Blvd Hollywood 90028 8:00 am Mass 12:05 pm Mass 3:30 pm...

February 23, 2009

New Blog for Pauline Book Stores SoCal

Just letting you know that we have started a new blog for the two Pauline...

February 22, 2009

He’s Just Not That Into You

I am still trying to figure out what I thought about this marriage among an...

February 21, 2009

Best Films You Never Heard Of Film Festival

See below! The City of Angels Film Festival Feb 27, 28 & March 1 at...

February 21, 2009

City of Angels Film Festival Feb 27, 28 Mar 1

City of Angels Film Festival The City of the Angels Film Festival champions the most...

February 20, 2009

Films Oscar Forgot 2008

Some of the films I would like to have seen get more attention by the...

February 17, 2009

Oscar Films Shine Small Lights in the Darkness: Sr. Rose’s Oscar Picks

If this year’s Oscar nominated films have one thing in common, it is a...

February 13, 2009

Beliefnet Film Awards – Vote Today!

Vote today for the Beliefnet film Awards. Sorry for the late notice (the deadline is tomorrow,...

January 2009

January 20, 2009

Che – the Movie

Che, a five hour film by Steven Soderbergh, is a challenge to review. On the...

January 17, 2009

Without A Trace “Miracle Worker” episode to repeat

I just heard from an industry friend that this episode will repeat this coming Tuesday,...

January 12, 2009

Charlie bit my finger

Whenever you want to renew your faith in humanity and innocence, watch this most viewed...

January 11, 2009

And the Golden Globe goes to …

If I were a member of the foreign press that gets to vote for the...

January 10, 2009

Media Literacy Course for Nuns this week!

This is a video with interviews of several of our sisters (Daughters of St Paul)...

December 2008

December 28, 2008

Valkyrie

Valkyrie is a tragic film, all the more so because you know how it will...

December 25, 2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This film is develped from by a short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald....

December 25, 2008

Bedtime Stories

A brief comment on this new Adam Sandler movie: the kids at the screening loved...

December 25, 2008

The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux is a feast for catechists, and for those who teach character...

December 13, 2008

The Power of Film from IMDB

The Internet Movie Database listed the top 25 film searches on IMDB in 2008. Interesting......

November 2008

November 21, 2008

Slumdog Millionaire

Hollywood meets Bollywood in a wonderful, tough film about two orphan brothers who...

November 01, 2008

Adoption series returns to the Hallmark Channel online

November is National Adoption Awareness Month The Hallmark Channel is bringing back its inspiring...

October 2008

October 06, 2008

Religulous the Movie and new blog

Hi folks, I am migrating my blog to WordPress - if I can! AOL...

September 2008

September 24, 2008

Fireproof the Movie

As many of you know, FIREPROOF opened this past weekend. My review is available at...

September 13, 2008

Burn After Reading the Movie

Here's my theory about the film that opened the Venice International Film Festival in late...

September 10, 2008

MASTER TEACHER IN MEDIA LITERACY CERTIFICATION COURSE SET TO BEGIN

The 2008 – 2009 MASTER TEACHER IN MEDIA LITERACY certification course is set to begin...

September 06, 2008

HURT LOCKER wins Catholic Jury Prize at 65th Venice Film Festival

The SIGNIS Jury has awarded its Grand Prize to Kathryn Bigelow’s anti-war film THE...

September 05, 2008

Rachel Getting Married, Nuit de Chien, Hurt Locker, Gabbla (Inland)

Nuit de chien This stylistic theatrical (as on the stage) film is a walk...