Sister Rose Movies
Movie critic Sr. Rose Pacatte covered her first red carpet event in January, scoring a spot in the media scrum at the Los Angeles premiere of Kevin Costner’s new movie, “Black or White.”
Watching the parade of stars and agents and handlers pass her by she wondered if anyone would stop and talk to her.
“Who expects to see a nun there?” she figured.
When Paula Newsome, one of the movie’s stars, walked past, she assessed Pacatte in her blue Daughters of St. Paul habit and asked: “Are you really a nun?”
“I am,” said Pacatte.
“You never know,” Newsome said, laughing.
The ice finally broken, Pacatte ended up interviewing Newsome, Costner and their co-star Octavia Spencer for her TV series, “The INNdustry with Sister Rose,” from the sidelines of the red carpet.
On Saturday, Pacatte takes center stage at an even bigger Hollywood event – the annual Golden Raspberry awards, better known as The Razzies.
For 35 years the tongue-in-cheek Razzies have “honored” the worst of Hollywood – bad acting, bad writing, bad directing, bad movies. Think of them as the opposite Oscars. In fact, the Razzies traditionally take place the night before the hallowed Academy Awards.
This year the Razzies will give a new “Redeemer” award to an actor who has made up for his or her past transgressions against cinema with better work.
Pacatte will present the award.
“Nuns are all about redemption, right?” said Pacatte, who writes reviews on her Patheos.com blog, “Sister Rose at the Movies,” and for the National Catholic Reporter.
“Our culture is a redemptive culture. We like a comeback kid. Everybody makes mistakes and everybody deserves another chance.” …..
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