Movie News
The Church is not on a mission, it is a mission.
Catholic film censor to re-examine its role
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - A Quebec organization founded by the Canadian bishops more than 50 years ago to censor films will be re-examining its mission under a new CEO.
RED 2
By Joseph McAleer ,Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - Those "retired and extremely dangerous" (RED) secret agents are back on the case in "RED 2" (Summit), a lively sequel to the 2010 film based on the graphic novels by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.
The Conjuring
By Kurt Jensen, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - Movies involving demonic possession and Catholic faith practices always are an uncomfortable mix, as in "The Conjuring" (Warner Bros.).
With Superman, right makes might
By Tristan Bronca, Catholic Register SpecialThere is a moment during the Zack Snyder film Man of Steel where we witness a convergence of two of the most recognized icons in the western world: the cross and the “S” on Superman’s chest.
There is no escaping moral judgment
By Fr. Robert Barron, Catholic Register SpecialThe appearance of yet another film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby provides the occasion for reflecting on what many consider the great American novel.
Dallaire a voice for the children
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterCanadian Senator Roméo Dallaire asks Anzoyo Tsukia, “Is Joseph Kony the devil incarnate?” A rosary hanging from her neck, she replies that Kony looks normal but everything he does is diabolical.
Still life in old bones
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterAfter more than six decades of marriage, love looks like Craig Morrison caring for his ailing wife Irene in Michael McGowan’s Still Mine. But this isn’t your typical sob story about aging.
42 inspires
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceTo paraphrase the title of an earlier movie about the national pastime, hate strikes out in the historical drama 42 (Warner Bros.) Writer-director Brian Helgeland's uplifting — if sometimes heavy-handed — film recounts the 1947 reintegration of professional baseball after decades of segregated play.
Canadians aid Caritas Niger in turning A New Leaf for the fight against severe drought
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere was severe hardship but no famine in West Africa last year. Crops failed, locusts and other insects consumed farmers’ fields and at least 18 million people suffered through a food shortage.
Video brings awful memories flooding back
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterSalvadorans remember Romero like it was yesterday