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Caviezel: 'Sound of Freedom' a 'weapon of mass instruction' to end child trafficking
By Gina Christian, OSV NewsA new film starring Jim Caviezel aims to move millions to end the scourge of child trafficking.
For new role, Shia LeBeouf ‘fell in love with Christ’
By Gina Christian, OSV NewsActor Shia LaBeouf portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the new drama Padre Pio, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released in U.S. theaters and on demand June 2.
While theologically lacking, Jesus Revolution still groovy
By John Mulderig, OSV NewsThe Woodstock generation gets religion in the warmhearted fact-based drama Jesus Revolution (Lionsgate). Refreshingly free of the usual objectionable ingredients, this generally appealing Evangelically-flavoured look back at a somewhat surprising chapter in Baby Boomer history is doctrinally dodgy but ethically uplifting.
Fr. Bedard champion of, for, the Church
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterFr. Robert “Bob” Bedard (1929-2011), a beloved advocate of the Canadian and global Catholic communities, is the subject of an upcoming documentary-drama from award-winning Catholic filmmaker Kevin Dunn.
New film explores Mother Teresa's legacy of caring
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe future of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa’s Sisters, is more of the same — more hope, more love, more care and compassion launched into the gaping wound of destitution, despair and neglect visible in every city in the world.
Pope Francis' Laudato Si’ call renewed in new film
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPope Francis is once again reaching out over the heads of world leaders to appeal directly to ordinary people — people of all faiths and none — on behalf of a planet in crisis.
'Man of God' illustrates St. Nektarios’ indomitable spirit
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThough a devout believer in Jesus Christ, Serbian-American filmmaker Yelena Popovic, the director of the newly released Man of God, did not foresee tackling religious subject matter in her professional career.
Showtime for Our Lady of the Cape
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe final countdown is on until Our Lady of the Cape receives its splashy film premiere treatment.
Disney’s Hunchback ages well
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register“The Hunchback of Notre Dame at 25: ‘The Most R-Rated G You Will Ever See.’ ”
Film explores Benedict’s papacy
By CNA/EWTN NewsVATICAN CITY -- A documentary released on Benedict XVI’s 94th birthday states that his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, tried to dissuade him from abdicating the papacy.