God is watching in “The Great Gatsby”

May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire), a budding financier, rents a flat next door to a mansion owned by the mysterious Jay Gatsby (Leonardo di Caprio) on Long Island during the Jazz Age, 1922 to be exact. Nick’s cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) and her husband Tom (Joe Edgerton), live in a mansion across the inlet where a green light flashes at the end of the dock - beckoning or warning? Gatsby throws extravagant parties that the rich and famous attend uninvited. The only invitation that Jay ever … [Read more...]

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“42″ the story of two men who would not let history pass them by

April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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  In John Sexton’s passionate book about the game of baseball, “Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game: Seeing Beyond the Game” (Gotham/Penguin, 2013), he describes the mysticism of the game in perfectly accessible terms: “Baseball, as it turns out, can help us develop the capacity to see through to another, sacred space. Indeed, the more we come to appreciate the sport’s intricacies and evocative power, the clearer it is that it shares much with what we … [Read more...]

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“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” – save your money

March 15, 2013 By 4 Comments
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    As a little boy Burt is bullied. He spends his 10th birthday alone; his mother leaves him his favorite cake - in a box. He has to bake it himself. But she gives him a wonderful present, a Rance Halloway magic set. He quickly learns some tricks and makes friends with Anton, another lonely boy at school. Thirty years later Burt (Steve Carrell) and Anton (Steve Buscemi) have a gig in Vegas but a new "magician" comes to town and threatens their contract: Steve Gray (Jim … [Read more...]

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Cinema’s independent summer road trip Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, The Intouchables, Beasts of the Southern Wild

September 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) is 6 years old and the only child of Wink (Dwight Henry) in Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight

  Along with a few million people, I watched as four richly textured films opened this summer and gently held their own against crowd-pleasing blockbusters. From the darkened theater we traveled near and far. The starting point for our journey was the United Kingdom, but we jetted swiftly to India in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." The film's title is the name of the retirement destination for "the elderly and beautiful" that seven disparate Brits read about in a brochure. … [Read more...]

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New vocation video about the Daughters of St. Paul

June 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Screenplay Competition: ActOne

April 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen … is a delight

March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The trailer from GODTUBE: SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN By Sr. Rose Pacatte, F.S.P. Source: St. Anthony Messenger/On Faith and Media Dr. Alfred Jones “Fred” (Ewan McGregor) is a staid civil servant in London, an expert in the fisheries division of the government. He leads a quiet life with his mostly absent professional wife Mary (Rachael Sterling).  One day the department receives a letter from Harriet (Emily Blunt) inviting them to allow Fred to consult on a fishing project for Sheik … [Read more...]

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American Idol’s Jessica Sanchez: when the whole world held its breath

March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

If you ever doubt the power of music to transcend daily life, listen to Jessica Sanchez's rendition of  "And I Will Always Love You". Jessica channels Whitney and when she pauses just before she belts out "And I-I-I will always love you" I think the whole world held its breath. I did. I don't think I have EVER seen Randy Jackson so moved. Jennifer Lopez says, "God blesss you" and Steve Tyler tells Jessica: you just made 40 million people cry. Dolly Parton's little song ... Maybe "American Idol" … [Read more...]

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The Tree of Life Screening & Panel Landmark Theater June 22, 2011

June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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