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Lame Dogma For Me-Firsters
BY John Prizer
December 5-11, 1999 Issue 
Why is anti Catholicism back in fashion? Some might argue that it's never gone away, but the release of three films (Stigmata, The Omega Code and Dogma) with these biases within the past two months indicates that this subject may be part of a new cultural trend.
Dogma is an inept, save-the-world... READ MORE
Prizer’s Picks
November 21-27, 1999 Issue
Life is Beautiful (1998)
Roberto Benigni is a contemporary Charlie Chaplin. An actor-director, he's created an everyman-type of clown who negotiates his way through potentially serious situations with slapstick jokes and gags. His most recent film, the Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful, is both a... READ MORE
Meeting Priests’ Needs Led to Books for Laity
Apostolate spawned by a need for hymnals, missals and prayer books
November 21-27, 1999 Issue
The Midwest Theological Forum has released an unusual new hymnal, Cantate et Iubilate Deo (Our Sunday Visitor Books, $29.95). As much a reading experience as a book to sing by, the volume includes not just words and music but also historical background, artistic interpretations and other innovative... READ MORE
Surrealist Director Tells a Straight Story
BY John Prizer
November 14-20, 1999 Issue
Up until 15 years ago, Walt Disney Co. made nothing but family films. But new management jettisoned almost all the old standards. The many Catholics who boycott Disney for movies such as Priest and Kids will nonetheless be heartened to know that occasionally, the company does something right.
The... READ MORE
Conspiracy Weary
BY John Prizer The Omega Code's interpretation of Bible prophecy is woefully misinformed
November 14-20, 1999 Issue
The independent film movement is, overall, a good thing. By sidestepping the Hollywood big-studio system, it's allowed a thousand flowers to bloom. Anyone who can raise the necessary production coin and find an interested distributor gets a chance to present a message to the public. There's no... READ MORE
Prizer’s Video Picks
BY John Prizer
November 14-20, 1999 Issue
Jerusalem (1996)
Based on a novel by Swedish Nobel-prizewinner Selma Lagerlof, Jerusalem is steeped in the atmosphere of turn-of-the-century apocalyptic fervor. A son of the region's most prominent family falls in love with a schoolteacher's beautiful daughter. But the sweethearts get separated... READ MORE
Videos in Release
November 7-13, 1999 Issue
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
One of the reasons America so dominates the global economy is that it treats its entrepreneurs with a semi-mythic respect. We're the only society that turns them into culture heroes. Pirates of Silicon Valley, originally a TNT movie of the week, is a well-crafted... READ MORE
THE SPOILS OF WAR
BY John Prizer Three Kings comes bearing a dark view of Gulf conflict
November 7-13, 1999 Issue
The 1991 Persian Gulf War proved a much-needed victory for the American military, restoring both here and abroad the credibility that the United States had lost in Vietnam. Support for U.S. intervention against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait wasn't universal, of course. Pope John Paul II and... READ MORE
Prizer’s Video Picks
October 31 - November 6, 1999 Issue
LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
Louisa May Alcott's popular novel has been adapted to the screen four times. The 1933 George Cukor production, starring Katherine Hepburn, is on the Vatican's list of 45 best films. This most recent version, directed by Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career), emphasizes the... READ MORE
Sweeps Month Doesn’t Bring Out the Best
BY Verne Gay
October 31 - November 6, 1999 Issue
Under normal circumstances, November is the time of year when you grab your TV's remote control and throw it out the nearest open window. It's a time of particularly egregious excess. Bad taste. Vulgarity. The reason is, it's a “sweeps” month — the time local ad rates are set in cities around the... READ MORE
Prizer’s Video Picks
BY John Prizer
October 24-30, 1999 Issue
The Apostle (1997)
Written and directed by Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, The Apostle dares to explore the thriving evangelical Protestant subculture without the usual one-dimensional prejudices. Euliss “Sonny” Dewey (Duvall) runs a large, prosperous church in Texas with his wife, Jessie... READ MORE
Adultery, Hollywood Style
October 24-30, 1999 Issue
In the real world, adultery is painful and traumatic to couples who suffer from it, and their marriages either reach a hard-won reconciliation or are destroyed by it.
But countless modern movies like American Beauty ask the audience to understand — and even applaud — adultery. The typical story... READ MORE
Fear and Self-Loathing in Suburbia
BY John Prizer American Beauty's emotional paralysis and spiritual emptiness
October 24-30, 1999 Issue
Smug social commentators have mocked the cozy suburban way of life ever since America's middle class fled the cities en masse after World War II.
From The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) and The Stepford Wives (1975) to the more recent Edward Scissorhands, Serial Mom, Ice Storm and... READ MORE
Prizer’s Video Picks
BY John Prizer
October 17-23, 1999 Issue
MADELINE (1998)
Charm in movies or books is an elusive thing Hard to define, but you know it when you see it. By any standard, Ludwig Bemelman's best-selling novels about a Catholic girls’ school in Paris is charming. Madeline, based on the books, skillfully recreates their comic magic with a... READ MORE
Apostolate Saves Churches From Demise
BY Michael S. Rose Institute offers an alternative to the wrecking ball
October 17-23, 1999 Issue
WAUSAU, Wis.—Changing demographics is just one of the factors that often force bishops to make difficult decisions regarding church buildings. Faced with the competing interests of preserving priceless church heritage and putting a diocese's funds to best use, many must resort to selling off or... READ MORE
Prizer’s Video Picks
October 10-16, 1999 Issue
Paradise Road (1997)
Times of deprivation and suffering can make or break a person, bringing the opportunity of attaining grace or falling into depravity. Based on this tension, many prisoner-of-war stories have made for great drama. Most movies on the subject deal with male soldiers. In Paradise... READ MORE
What’s a Catholic Supposed to Be?
BY Matt McDonald Catholic Answers' new publication fans the embers of faith
October 10-16, 1999 Issue
Talk about a sleeping giant. Roughly 60 million of the 62 million Catholics in the United Statesdo not subscribe to a single Catholic periodical, according to apologist and author Karl Keating. If he's right, the groundswell of new Catholic publications of recent years has no impact at all on the... READ MORE
Prizer’s Video Picks
September 19-25, 1999 Issue
Central Station (1999)
Few movies succeed when they set out to combine relevant social News with a personal story that tugs at the heart strings. The Brazilian-made Central Station pulls it off with intelligence and flare by a skillful use of documentary-film techniques.
Dora (Fernanda Montenegro)... READ MORE
Rediscovering a Master
BY Raymond J. De Souza A book and an exhibit recall the genius of Bernini
September 19-25, 1999 Issue
A recent exhibition in Rome celebrated the genius of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the 17th century Italian sculptor and architect whose work has earned him a prominent place in Catholic sacred art. And, for those who missed the occasion, a recent book on the same subject is so magnificent that a journey... READ MORE
Parents Council Rates TV’s Best and Worst
August 29 - September 4, 1999 Issue
The Parents Television Council has rated the 10 most and 10 least family-friendly shows currently being aired by major networks. Here are the lists, with comments provided by the Washington, D.C.-based organization:
10 Best on Network TV
1) 7th Heaven. Singled out this year at the TV Guide Awards... READ MORE
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