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Shakespeare knows how to throw a party … and so does Joss Whedon.
Much Ado About Nothing: my “Reel Faith” 60-second review.
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A Superman movie for our times — but is that a good thing?
Man of Steel: my “Reel Faith” 60-second review.
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This evening, I’ll be on Catholic radio from sometime during the last hour of “Kresta in the Afternoon” (5pm EDT) through the first hour of “Catholic Answers Live” (6pm EDT), discussing the latest movies and much more.
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To borrow a line from
Man of Steel producer Christopher Nolan’s
The Dark Knight: This isn’t the Superman movie we need, but it’s the one we deserve.
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The closer you look, the less you see?
Now You See Me: my “Reel Faith” 60-second review.
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Is
After Earth really as bad as people are saying? Here’s my “Reel Faith” 60-second review.
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This week, one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most beloved and accomplished features, along with one of his less successful efforts, debut on Blu-ray.
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Picking the top 10 movie dads was both easier and harder than picking the
top 10 movie moms. Easier, because there were more candidates to choose from — and harder for the same reason!
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At its best,
Epic produces images of poetic power, even grandeur … The catch is that the world the filmmakers create is far more interesting than the story they tell in it or the characters they put in it.
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Fast & Furious 6 in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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The Great Gatsby in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Coming to Fox News and The Catholic Channel: Reel Faith! Well, not permanently or anything. (Not yet, anyway.) But in the next 24 hours or so David DiCerto and I will be appearing on both venues to talk about Reel Faith and movies in theaters.
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Hat tip to Stephanie Zacharek (Village Voice) for the perfect use of that popular critical flourish, the reapplication of a movie quote as auto-criticism of the film, in her review of Baz Luhrmann’s
The Great Gatsby.
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The fourth season of Reel Faith premieres this week — and we’re growing!
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This evening, Friday, May 17, I'll be appearing on the first hour of “
Catholic Answers Live” (6pm–7pm EDT). Next week, tune in for the summer season premiere of Reel Faith!
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Star Trek Into Darkness outdoes its predecessor in most respects, except creative ambition.
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When I set out to make a list of great movie moms in honor of Mother’s Day, I knew it wouldn’t be easy — but I soon found it even harder than I thought. Let’s face it: Great mothers in short supply in the movies.
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Pain & Gain in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Iron Man Three in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Iron Man 2 in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Iron Man in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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It’s a potentially promising setup for a slam-bang finale to what has been, despite its flaws, one of the brightest and most entertaining franchises around. Unfortunately, the slapdash plot is pretty much a disaster. A string of miscalculations hamper the fun. And a late revelation, when you stop and think about it, undermines most of the preceding drama.
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Studio Ghibli’s
From Up on Poppy Hill in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review (see also
show dates and locations).
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42 in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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To the Wonder in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Evil Dead in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Jurassic Park in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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Just over a month before his death on Easter Thursday, Roger Ebert wrote a blog post titled “
How I Am a Roman Catholic” — a follow-up of sorts to a 2009 post called “
How I Believe in God.”
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The Croods in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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