On Facebook today the great American film critic Roger Ebert posted a link to this story about what some fans believe is the greatest science fiction movie ever -“Blade Runner” and I’m sharing the REDDIT Salon story here. One executive’s comment said, “The movie gets worse with every screening.” Click here to see the actual notes. “Blade Runner” (1982) was directed by Ridley Scott starring Harrison Ford is loosely based on the 1968 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) “Do... Read more
This morning Pope Francis revealed why he chose the name Francis and then spoke encouraging words to 5,000 members of the press who have been covering the events of the last weeks since Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI announced his retirement. Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter has been in Rome covering the conclave and wrote the following this morning: Pope Francis: I would love a church that is poor. In another post NCR added the complete text of... Read more
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... Read more
The following is a statement about this HBO film from SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication. Australian Sacred Heart Missionary, Rev. Peter Malone, gives a detailed review with additional information. The film, by award-winning director Alex Gibney, already aired on HBO in the US (and can be seen on HBOGo or on reruns). MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. 13th March 2013 Clerical sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been a public focus... Read more
I don’t know about you, but I really enjoyed the UPN television show “Veronica Mars” – starring Kristen Bell – that ceased production in 2005. The New York Daily News reports that the show’s creator Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell began a “Kickstarter” campaign to raise funds for a movie and her fans have responded: “The “Veronica Mars” movie is coming to a theater near you in 2014! “In just 10 hours, scores of fans of the hit television show... Read more
According to the Hollywood Reporter, in various announcements since mid-Feburary, this new series “The Vatican” is helmed by Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott (Prometheus, The Good Wife) and Paul Attanasio (House). It is set to star Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies), Matthew Goode (Watchmen), and as of yesterday, when Pope Francis was elected as Pope, Ewan Bremner (Trainspotting), was added to the cast. Click here to read today’s announcement and to catch up on past articles about... Read more
I just signed up! Now praying that the smoke will turn white during the day. We have a relay set up between the mom of one of our sisters on the east coast. Since the first burning will be about 10:30am on Wednesday, March 13 ROME time, it will be 5:30am ET, and 2:30am PT. So mom will text – we know she’ll be prompt! But this website might work, too. Come Holy Spirit… Read more
“Oz the Great and Powerful” opens with Oscar “Oz” Diggs (James Franco), a self-centered small-time carnival magician and would-be ladies’ man in Kansas more than a century ago. He tries to woo young women by including them in his shows, just as he tries to con the meager profits out of his assistant, Frank (Zach Braff). As the show is about to begin, Annie (Michelle Williams), perhaps the one woman Oscar truly loves, comes to tell him another man... Read more
Watch late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s reporter interview people on the street about the new pope! Even though, as yet, there is not a new pope. Remember, these people will vote, probably marry and have children. These are the people to whom the new Holy Father will want to direct the new evangelization. The good news is, these young people have good hearts. But what a commentary. Read more
In “Beyond the Hills,” a young woman, Alina (Cristina Flutur), returns home to Romania after living and working in Germany for several years. She visits her childhood friend Voichita (Cosmina Stratan), who is a novice in a Greek Orthodox monastery in a remote area. Both women were raised in a state orphanage and seem to have had an intimate relationship in their teen years that Alina now wants to rekindle. Voichita, however, wants to be kind but is focused on... Read more
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