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DVD Picks & Passes 11.16.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
November 16-22, 2008 Issue 
Wall-E (2008)
Shaun the Sheep
— Off the Baa (2007)
This week, here it is: the latest
masterpiece from the mad geniuses at Pixar; a family film like no other and one
of the year’s best films, period.
Part silent comedy-romance, part
awestruck sci-fi fable, part Swiftian satire of mass-media... READ MORE
The Family That Plays Music Together …
BY Iain Bernhoft L’Angélus Celebrates Faith and Family With a Cajun Flavor
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
The tolling of the Angelus bells before noon
Mass encapsulates a moment of music bringing families together: It is a call to
young and old alike to cease from labor and turn together toward God.
This notion of families gathering in faith
deeply informs the music of L’Angélus, a zesty... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 11.09.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
November 9-15, 2008 Issue
Sabrina (1954)
Roman Holiday (1953)
The General (1926)
This week, three classics come to DVD in must-have
two-disc editions newly restored and loaded with extras.
Two of these, released a year apart
and both starring Audrey Hepburn, are inaugural films for Paramount’s new
“Centennial... READ MORE
From Poor Taste to Propaganda
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
November 9-15, 2008 Issue
Released 10
years after Pixar’s pioneering Toy Story, the first
fully computer-animated feature film, DreamWorks Animation’s 2005 entry Madagascar
is a credible contender for the dubious distinction of being the first truly
lame computer-animated cartoon (if you don’t count the lame but... READ MORE
TV Picks November 9-15, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
November 9-15, 2008 Issue
VARIOUS
Discernment of Spirits
CATHOLIC TV
At 12:30 p.m. Mondays, 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m.
Fridays and 1 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sundays, Father Tim Gallagher of the Oblates
of the Virgin Mary, a spiritual director and retreat master, presents St.
Ignatius Loyola’s 14 rules... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 11.02.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
The Wild Parrots of
Telegraph Hill (2004)
The Little Rascals:
The Complete Collection (1938)
New this week on DVD, Kung Fu Panda
is one of the year’s best cartoons, a solid family flick and a pretty good kung
fu movie.
Jack
Black voices Po, a noodle-dishing panda in... READ MORE
TV Picks November 2-8, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
DAILY
The Little Flower
CATHOLICTV “The only
way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers, and these flowers are every
little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for
love.” So wrote St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897), the Carmelite sister who
promised... READ MORE
Review: Morality and Bioethics in a Violent Video Game
BY THOMAS L. McDONALD
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
Games are a
flexible medium, capable of everything from the mildest momentary diversion, to
complex simulations of reality, to profound narratives that blend storytelling
with interactive elements.
All too rarely, a game like
“BioShock” comes along to show us that the medium is capable of... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 10.26.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus This week’s DVD releases include two okay family flicks: one emphatically for the girls, one emphatically for the boys.
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
is a charming, wholesome, old-fashioned story celebrating perseverance amid
misfortune, humility and courage in the face of diminished circumstances, and
solidarity with social outcasts and others less fortunate. That it represents
the world of a high-end... READ MORE
TV Picks Oct.19-Nov.1, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
VARIOUS
P. Allen Smith Gardens
CATHOLIC FAMILYLAND At
1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, these
half-hour shows present how-to garden projects, interviews with expert
gardeners, from-the-garden recipes, and garden decorating and travel ideas.
SUNDAY,
9 p.m.
Into... READ MORE
Return From the Valley of Tears
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Stranded a Powerful Tale of What It Means to Be Human
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
Survival is
not the supreme value, but it has a unique power to put other values into
perspective.
We say, too often and unthinkingly,
that we would “rather die” than do this or that. It is a salutary thing not to
fear death, but there is nothing salutary about trivializing the precious... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 10.19.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Chaplin (1992)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 (2008)
New this week
on DVD, The Incredible Hulk isn’t in the same league
as Iron Man or The
Dark Knight, but it shrewdly manages to cater to two separate fan
bases: those who know the... READ MORE
Getting a LIFT From the Blessed Sacrament
BY ANTHONY FLOTT When Jon Niven Let God in, His Apostolate Took Off
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
It was in a
sacrament’s silence that Jon Niven found his sound. The young Massachusetts
musician had married words and music before, but never to his liking.
“Mostly cheesy love songs that were
just so bad you couldn’t stand them,” Niven recalled.
But as his faith deepened, so did
his... READ MORE
TV Picks Oct.19-25, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
SUNDAYS,
9 p.m.
When Weather Changed History
WEATHER CHANNEL The new season analyzes America’s response to
calamities such as the Galveston, Texas, hurricane of 1900 — and also reveals
weather’s less-explored role in accidents such as the wreck of the Hindenburg
zeppelin in 1937 and the... READ MORE
DVD Picks and Passes 10.12.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) - PICK
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - PICK
March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) - PICK
New this week on DVD, one of the most important
films of the year — and one of the hardest to watch: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2
Days is too... READ MORE
TV Picks Oct.12-18, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
SUNDAYS,
FRIDAYS
Feeling and Healing Our Emotions
FAMILYLAND TV At 3:30
a.m. Sundays and 10 a.m. Fridays, Dr. Philip Sutton and Apostolate for Family
Consecration cofounder Jerry Coniker discuss ways we can recognize our emotions
and deal with them.
MONDAY,
9 p.m.
Discovery Investigates:... READ MORE
Religulous vs. American Carol
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS An American Carol, as well as Religulous, preach to their respective choirs — and take potshots at each other’s target audiences.
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
Keep your
head down if you venture into the theater this week. The bomb-throwers are out
in force — and they’re lobbing grenades in both directions.
Opening head-to-head last weekend,
David Zucker’s liberal-bashing An American Carol and
Bill Maher’s faith-skewering Religulous are... READ MORE
DVD Picks and Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
Watership Down
(1978) - Pick
Sleeping
Beauty (1959) - Pick
The 7th
Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Pick
Psycho (1960) - Pick
Vertigo (1958) - Pick
Rear Window (1954) - Pick
This week’s
crop of new DVD releases includes three splendid family classics and three dark
thrillers from the “Master of... READ MORE
TV Picks October 5-11, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY, 8 p.m.
Planet
Earth: Shallow Seas
DISCOVERY
CHANNEL Coral reefs and rich
fishing grounds abound in the shallow seas above the continental shelves.
SUNDAY,
8 p.m., 11 p.m.
Quest for
Sunken Warships: Torpedo Alley
MILITARY
CHANNEL A little-known World War
II fact: For six months in 1942,... READ MORE
Video Games and Your Family
BY Thomas L. McDonald Making the Right Choices
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
We all want
to do right by our children: Make them happy, keep them healthy, and raise them
to be fine adults formed by the values of our faith.
Having a nonstop spigot of toxic
mass media sludge pumped into our homes 24/7 can make this a daunting prospect.
A recent Pew survey found that 97% of... READ MORE
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