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DVD Picks & Passes 10.25.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 25-31, 2009 Issue 
Munyurangabo (2007)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960’s, Vol 2
Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970’s, Vol 2
New from Film
Movement, Munyurangabo is a revelation in many senses:
a vision of an unknown Rwanda unlike that of previous films; a surprising... READ MORE
‘Sacred Jazz’
BY Judy Roberts Deanna Witkowski’s Compositions ‘Heal the Soul’
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
For jazz artist Deanna Witkowski, music is a form
of prayer. Not only does the 37-year-old composer, pianist and singer sometimes
go to her piano to pray, but she has written music for two Masses as part of a
collection of works called “sacred jazz.”
Her
“Evening Mass,” along with jazz... READ MORE
TV Picks 10.18.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY,
11 a.m., live
One World Praying:
Worldwide Fatima Sanctity
of Life Day
EWTN “Jesus wants you
to make me known and loved,” Mary told Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco in 1917. “My
Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way leading you to God.” This
World Apostolate of Fatima... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 10.18.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Peanuts: 1970’s Collection, Vol. 1
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Maybe it could go without saying, but it’s the
biggest film of the year, so let’s be clear: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, new this week on... READ MORE
TV Picks 10.11.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY,
4 a.m., live
Canonizations
EWTN “Do not feel sorry for me,” wrote Father Damien
de Veuster (1840-1889), of the Sacred Hearts Fathers, about the Hansen’s
disease (leprosy) he contracted at his mission on Molokai. Pope Benedict XVI
will canonize him today, along with French Sister Mary... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 10.11.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
Molokai: The Story of
Father Damien (1999)
The
edifying, at times wrenching, story of Damien de Veuster is vividly brought to
life in Molokai: The Story of Father
Damien, based on Hilde Eynikel’s
biography of the 19th-century “Apostle to the Lepers,” who for 15 years lived
and finally died... READ MORE
An Event That Changed the World
BY Steven D. Greydanus The 13th Day Is the Finest Retelling of the Fátima Miracle
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
The
13th Day is the best movie ever made about Fátima — the most
beautiful and effective, as well as one of the most historically accurate.
Distilled to the bare essence of the
events, mediated through evocative visuals and mood rather than character-based
drama, The 13th Day has a clarity and... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 10.04.09
BY Steven D. Greydanus
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
Inaugurating the new Disney “Diamond Edition”
series, the great classic Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs returns this
week in a two-disc Blu-ray edition with standard DVD included. (The previous
edition from 2001 is out of print.)
The
first animated feature-length film in Hollywood history, Snow... READ MORE
TV Picks 10.04.09
BY Daniel J. Engler
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY,
9 a.m.
Wow: The Catholic TV Challenge
CATHOLICTV In each
show, Archdiocese of Boston’s Father Robert Reed asks third-graders three
rounds of questions about the faith, and the winners vie for a grand prize.
This week’s topic is “The Three Theological Virtues” — faith, hope and... READ MORE
The Fine Art of Self-Deception
BY Steven D. Greydanus Matt Damon Takes a Comedic Turn in The Informant!
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
There are so
many twists and turns to Steven Soderbergh’s deceptively lighthearted dark
comedy The Informant! that by the time the end
credits roll, it’s hard to recall that it all began with orange juice, maple
syrup, biodegradable trash bags, jumbo shrimp and chickens.
What do all these... READ MORE
TV Picks 09.27.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY,
7 p.m.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC Emmy-winning
pro-life actress Patricia Heaton guests on this two-hour season premiere. The
crew builds a new home in South Range, Wis., for highly decorated fireman
Howard Huber, his wife, Jessica, and their kids. Advisory:... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 09.27.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Joseph of Nazareth: The Man Closest to Christ (2000)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
If you see
only one 3-D computer-animated family-film sci-fi thriller parody this year …
be sure to see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, now in
theaters. Monsters vs. Aliens, new on DVD,... READ MORE
Drawing a Bead on Prayer
BY Anthony Flott ‘Rosary Stars’ Packs Star Power
September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue
Lauren
Bauer’s first recollection of the Rosary is seared into her memory.
When she was 13, Bauer’s father and
brother left California aboard a sailboat headed for Costa Rica, a journey that
should have taken just weeks. But more than two months passed without word from
them.
The family began... READ MORE
Batman Fights Crime — and His Inner Demons
BY Thomas L. McDonald ‘Arkham Asylum’ Is the Finest of Its Genre
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
Batman began
his career as the World’s Greatest Detective, but it wasn’t long before people
started calling him the Dark Knight.
A modern knight-errant with a strong
moral code, he chose the mantle of the bat to terrify criminals. Fighting crime
with a combination of detective skills, gadgets... READ MORE
TV Picks 09.20.2009
BY Dan Engler
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
DAILY
Daily Mass and Rosary
CATHOLIC TV This
network airs on TV in the Archdiocese of Boston area and online for everyone.
New times as of this month: Daily Mass at 9:30 a.m., with re-airs at 7 and
11:30 p.m., and the Rosary at 10 a.m., with a re-air at 6:30 p.m. On Sundays,
the Rosary is at 9:30... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 09.20.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 20-26, 2009 Issue
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (1989-2009)
Battle for Terra (2009)
Hero (2002)
New Wallace
and Gromit! A Matter of Loaf and Death marks the return
of Nick Park’s Claymation duo to the half-hour short format of their... READ MORE
TV Picks 09.13.09-09.19.09
BY Daniel J. Engler
September 13-19, 2009 Issue
VARIOUS
Interrupted Lives: Catholic
Sisters Under European Communism
ABC Starting this week,
ABC stations and affiliates can air this new 60-minute documentary about the
heroic Catholic sisters in the Captive Nations, 1945-1989, who kept the faith
despite totalitarian persecution by atheistic... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 09.13.09-09-09.19.09
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 13-19, 2009 Issue
New this week
on DVD, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is Hugh Jackman’s
fourth outing in the Marvel superhero role that made him a superstar, but if
his claws are as sharp as ever, the rest of the movie isn’t, at least compared
to the first two X-Men movies.
For
comic-book and action fans devoted to... READ MORE
Caught in the Numbers Game
BY Steven D. Greydanus Formulaic 9 Is No District 9
September 13-19, 2009 Issue
The world of 9
is populated by a visually intriguing cast of characters that first-time
feature director Shawn Acker calls “stitchpunks.”
They’re animated cloth dolls, less
than a foot high, running around in post-apocalyptic ruins where they are
apparently the sole survivors — unless you... READ MORE
Catholics in the Kitchen
BY Amy Smith Food-Based Shows and Ministries Evangelize Through Cooking
September 6-12, 2009 Issue
Father Leo Patalinghug was making the marinade for
his fajitas in front of a crowd at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg,
Md., where he serves as director of pastoral field education for the seminary —
and TV cameras.
He
thought the Food Network was filming a show about Grace Before... READ MORE
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