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Against All the Odds, This Horton Stands Tall …
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS … For ‘A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small!’
March 16-22, 2008 Issue 
In the wide world of Seuss, from the white Sneech-beach
sands
Out to sleepy Far Foodle, and throughout the lands
Of the Yooks and the Zooks, no hero is braver
Than Horton, egg-hatcher and Who life-saver.
No one’s heart’s bigger, even Thidwick the Moose
And even the Lorax took less abuse.
One... READ MORE
TV Picks March 16-23, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
March 16-22, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
SUNDAY, 4:30 a.m.,
live
Solemn Mass of Palm
Sunday, with Pope Benedict XVI
EWTN In St.
Matthew 21 we read, “And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken
and asked, ‘Who is this?’ And the crowds replied, ‘This is Jesus the prophet,
from Nazareth in... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) - pick
101 Dalmatians (1961) - pick
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (1970) - pick
New on DVD, Things We Lost in the Fire is Danish director
Susanne Bier’s poignant, wrenching meditation on loss, frailty and healing
starring Halle Berry as a grief-stricken... READ MORE
The Word Became Drama
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN … and Evangelized Among Us
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
It was only last year that Kevin O’Brien founded Theatre of
the Word, Incorporated, but he is no newbie to the performing arts. He won a
national radio-festival competition in 1977, a playwriting contest in ’85 and a
songwriting showdown in ’94. And his other production company, Upstage,... READ MORE
TV Picks Mar. 9-15, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
March 9-15, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
VARIOUS
New Series in March
EWTN In Answering
the Master’s Call, 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, priests, sisters and brothers extol
their callings. In The Catholic Church: Builder of Civilization, 6 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thomas Woods Jr. reveals the Catholic role in Western... READ MORE
The Challenge of the Catholic Film Critic
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Should Catholics All But Abandon the Movies? Some Think So
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
Last Sunday, of the two painstakingly crafted but dark,
violent pictures at the top of the Oscar nomination heap, the Academy chose —
as I see it — the nihilistic, amoral one over the hollow, misanthropic one.
No Country for Old Men won a total of four awards, including
picture and director,... READ MORE
TV Picks March 2 – 6, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
March 2-8, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
VARIOUS
March Pledge Week
PBS Check local
listings to see which of these programs your PBS station is showing. The
Osmonds’ 50th Anniversary Reunion ignites memories. Andre Rieu: In Wonderland
spotlights violinist Rieu with guests at the Efteling theme park in the
Netherlands.... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
The Prince of Egypt / Joseph: King of Dreams (1998/2000) -
Pick
The Road to El Dorado / Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
(2000/2002) - Pass
New for DVD, DreamWorks is pairing up a number of its
animated films in two-pack editions — one set definitely worth getting, others
not so much.
The one... READ MORE
Singing Open the Doors to Christ
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN
Martin Doman began to realize God was using his music in a
special way while singing and playing for Mass as a freshman at Franciscan
University of Steubenville. He recorded his first album, “Praying Twice,” just
before he graduated.
Since then, Doman has not only composed and recorded... READ MORE
TV Picks Feb. 24-March 1, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
MONDAY, 9 p.m.
Cities of the
Underworld: Viking Underground, Dublin
HISTORY CHANNEL
Vikings settled near present-day Dublin around 841 and remained until Ireland’s
High King Brian Boru defeated them at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. This show
takes us down to an underground... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
The Ten Commandments (2007) - Pick
The Brave One (2007) - Pass
Recently released on DVD, The Ten Commandments is a
Christian-produced computer-animated retelling of the Exodus that sticks closer
to the biblical narrative than DreamWorks’ classic The Prince of Egypt — and
tells more of the... READ MORE
Charity and the Internet
BY ERIC SCHESKE Looking for Almsgiving in All the Wrong Blogs?
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
Disease and famine struck the Roman army in the fourth
century. Pagan soldier Pachomius inquired about a group of fellow Romans who
were bringing food and care to the afflicted men. Hearing that they were known
as “Christians,” he learned about their religion, converted and, later, helped
found... READ MORE
TV Picks Feb. 17-23, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
VARIOUS, 3:20 p.m.
Rome’s Hidden
Churches: A Lenten Pilgrimage
EWTN Timothy
O’Donnell escorts us to seventh-century Santa Maria in Dominica, redone in the
ninth and 16th centuries (on Sunday); fourth-century Basilica di San Clemente,
redone in the 11th and 18th centuries... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
February 10-16, 2008 Issue
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON (2007) - Pick
THE BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION (1993) - Pick
This week, two excellent new DVD releases offer top-notch
viewing for the whole family. David Sington’s excellent, uplifting In the
Shadow of the Moon was one of last year’s best films. A rare... READ MORE
The Passion of the Priest-Producer
BY WALTER BROWDER AND SUE ELLIN BROWDER
February 10-16, 2008 Issue
Age sets easily on the hills of northern California just
beyond Clear Lake. Here on what was once the Beltramo Ranch, where the Lake
County Passion Play is presented each year, steep hills wear the flowers and
shrubs comfortably.
Underfoot, the spongy brown grass has already begun to show
fresh... READ MORE
TV Picks Feb. 10-16, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
February 10-16, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
MONDAY, various
Our Lady of Lourdes
EWTN Celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the first visit of Our Lady of Lourdes to 14-year-old
St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 with Mary’s Mountain (3 a.m., 6:30 p.m.), a
documentary about the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
February 3-9, 2008 Issue
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007) - Pick
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Pass
The Aristocats (1970) - Pick
New this week on DVD, The Assassination of Jesse James by
the Coward Robert Ford boasts the best name for a Western of any film in
history. It’s the... READ MORE
Loss Hurts
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Looks a ‘Terminated Fetus’ In the Eye — and Winces
February 3-9, 2008 Issue
In a key scene of Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu’s
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Gabita Dragut (Laura Vasiliu) and her
college roommate and friend Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) agree never again to
discuss the horrific events of that day.
To draw a shroud of silence over certain... READ MORE
TV Picks Feb. 3-9, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
February 3-9, 2008 Issue
VARIOUS
Nanna’s Cottage
FAMILYLAND TV At
5 p.m. Mondays, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays and 3:30 p.m. Fridays, this children’s
show features 75-year-old archaeologist and traveler Abigale “Nanna” Macaroon
(Rachael Rizzo) giving her granddaughter Rosey (Gracie Porter), age 7, and her
little pals... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 01.27.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
January 27- February 2, 2008 Issue
GUADALUPE (2006) - pass
GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) - Pick
THE BEADS OF ONE ROSARY (1983) - Pick
Despite some Da Vinci Code-esque stylings and
telenovela-style soap operatics, the Mexican film Guadalupe, new on DVD, is a
reverent exploration of the story of Juan Diego and the Virgin of Guadalupe.... READ MORE
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