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TV Picks 01.11.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
January 11-17, 2009 Issue 
SUNDAY,
10 a.m.
The World Sporthorse Championships
ANIMAL PLANET In this
one-hour show taped Nov. 2 in Syracuse, N.Y., an All-Star international field
of horses completes three rounds of show jumping. Advisory: TV-PG.
SUNDAY
Skiing and Speed Skating World
Events
NBC At 10 a.m., in a
90-minute... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 01.11.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
January 11-17, 2009 Issue
Brideshead
Revisited (2007)
An
American Carol (2007)
Miss
Potter (2006)
Funny
Face (1957)
New this week
on DVD, Julian Jarrold’s handsome, literate but strangely chilly Brideshead
Revisited seems to suffer from the spiritual blindness of Evelyn
Waugh’s young protagonist: Events are... READ MORE
Pop Trio for the Trinity
BY ANTHONY FLOTT The Priests Wrap the Gospel in Their Music
January 11-17, 2009 Issue
Move over
Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti. Here come Delargy and the O’Hagan brothers.
And while the latter trio might not have the name recognition of the
aforementioned Three Tenors, Irish priests Fathers Eugene and Martin O’Hagan
and David Delargy are climbing the charts of international... READ MORE
TV Picks 01.04.2009
BY Dan Engler
January 4-10, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY,
noon
Hot Rocks
SCIENCE CHANNEL
In “Art,” the first of two hour-long episodes, Scottish geologist Iain Stewart
explores the cave of Lascaux, in France, and its wall paintings by Paleolithic
artists in the Magdalenian Age (15,000-13,000 B.C.). Then he examines ancient
Egyptians’ palette... READ MORE
Entertainment by the Boxload: 2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus The Year in DVDs
January 4-10, 2009 Issue
For family audiences, 2008 was a
good year at the cineplex — but an even better year for DVD releases overall.
In fact, quality entertainment for families as well as older viewers came by
the boxload.
Take the eight-disc box set The
Little Rascals: The Complete Collection: more than 20 hours... READ MORE
The First ‘First Noel’ Was Gregorian
BY EDDIE O’NEILL Norbertines Release ‘Christmas at St. Michael’s’ Compact Disc
December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue
When Father
Jerome Molokie learned that his community’s newly released CD “Christmas at St.
Michael’s Abbey: Chants for the Three Masses of Christmas” was on its second
run of being duplicated, he wasn’t surprised.
In
his view, people like chant; it transcends religious borders.... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 12.21.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue
The Blu-ray avalanche continues!
All titles below are newly available in the high-definition Blu-ray
format and also available in standard DVD.
PICKS:
Elf (2003): Will
Ferrell and Bob Newhart generate enough good will to keep this reasonably
sweet, good-natured holiday fantasy afloat. Mild... READ MORE
TV Picks 12.21.2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY, Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m.
March of the
Wooden Soldiers
FAMILYLAND TV This
1934 family musical-comedy-fantasy, originally titled “Babes in Toyland,” was a
TV Christmastime staple for years. Despite their bumbling, assistant toymakers
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy save Mother Peep’s home from... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 12.14.2008
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS
December 14-20, 2008 Issue
Blu-ray is here to stay. With almost six times the
capacity of standard DVD, Blu-ray accommodates higher-resolution video and lots
more extras. Will standard DVD go the way of the dinosaurs? Don’t worry about
your collection — Blu-ray players will play standard DVDs. This week, a
truckload of... READ MORE
TV Picks 12.14.2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
December 14-20, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY,
1:30 p.m.
In Concert: Corrette’s Christmas
Symphonies
EWTN In
this 90-minute program, the Dutch chamber ensemble La Fantasia performs the
Christmas symphonies of Michel Corrette (1707-1795), a French composer and
author of musical method books who was the organist at the Jesuit College... READ MORE
He’s One Mighty Mouse
BY STEVEN GREYDANUS Despite a Few Shortcomings, Despereaux Is a Charming Fairy Tale
December 14-20, 2008 Issue
There
are in children’s literature two beloved, gallant mice who love honor and
chivalry, both of whom this year have found their way onto the big screen as
computer-animated characters. One is Reepicheep, who appeared in this spring’s
Disney-Walden co-production The Chronicles of Narnia:... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 12.07.2008
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (2008) -Pick
The Dark Knight (2008) -Pick
Man on Wire (2008) -Pick
A banner week
for DVD releases! Three of the year’s best films hit shelves this week,
including one of the best family films, one of the best films for mature
viewers, and one somewhere in... READ MORE
TV Picks 12.07.2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
VARIOUS
Christmas Cartoon Specials
ABC, CBS In A Charlie Brown Christmas
(1965) at 8 p.m. Monday on ABC, little Linus reminds his fellow “Peanuts” comic
strip characters Who Christmas is really all about by reciting the Nativity
story from the Gospel of St. Luke. In Frosty the Snowman
(1969)... READ MORE
Messiaen’s Work ‘Like Incense Rising’
Musical World Observes Birth Centenary of a Catholic Mystic
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
Dec. 10 marks
the 100th anniversary of the birth of French
composer and organist Olivier Messiaen.
Messiaen,
a Catholic and a mystic, composed musical works with titles such as “The
Celestial Banquet,” “Apparition of the Eternal Church” and “The Ascension.”
Register
news editor John... READ MORE
TV Picks 11.30.2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
VARIOUS
Pledge
Week Specials
PBS
Check your local listings for specials this week such as Great
Performances: Domingo, Netrebko & Villazon, Three Stars in Vienna,
with operetta passages from soprano Anna Netrebko, tenors Placido Domingo and
Rolando Villazon and the Vienna Radio... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Casablanca (1942)
New on DVD, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
goes beyond its 2005 predecessor, The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe, both in visual spectacle and revisionistic liberties.
The
plot of... READ MORE
Now You’re With the Band
BY THOMAS L. McDONALD Music Games Come of Age
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
Guitar games
have been burning up the charts ever since Harmonix unleashed “Guitar Hero”
three years ago. With its little plastic guitar controller and simple gameplay
set to a soundtrack of familiar rock hits, “Guitar Hero” unleashed the awesome
power of a million air guitarists upon the... READ MORE
Getting to the Hart of the Matter
BY Amy Smith Life Inspires Singer-Songwriter Sarah Hart’s Craft
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
It’s been some kind of year for singer-songwriter
Sarah Hart. With performances last month at the ninth an--nual United Catholic
Mu-sic and Video Association’s Unity Awards in New Orleans and at World Youth
Day last summer in Sydney, and another coming up next month at the National
Catholic... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 11.23.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
Clare and Francis (2007) - Pick
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace (2002) - Pick
New on DVD,
Ignatius Press has added two new Italian TV miniseries to their growing library
of saint (and beatified) biopics from Lux Vide and other companies.
Clare and Francis is
Ignatius’ second Italian import on... READ MORE
TV Picks November 23-29, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY,
9 p.m.
Unsolved History: Aztec Temple
MILITARY CHANNEL The
Great Temple stood 197 feet high (12 stories) in the central plaza of
Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztec Empire (today’s Mexico City). It
was the scene of countless human sacrifices. Excavations from 1978 to 1987
showed... READ MORE
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