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DVD Picks & Passes 07.26.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue 
New on DVD, Coraline is a near
masterpiece of darkly surreal fantasy from stop-motion animation filmmaker
extraordinaire Henry Selick (The
Nightmare Before Christmas).
Based
on the children’s fantasy/horror novella by Neil Gaiman, Coraline’s original
inspiration was stories made up by... READ MORE
TV Picks 07.26.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1:30p.m., live
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony
MLB NETWORK Some 50
Baseball Hall of Famers will be on hand at the Clark Sports Center in
Cooperstown, N.Y., as the class of 2009 enters the hall. This year’s inductees:
Rickey Henderson (the all-time leader in... READ MORE
From Writing Jokes to Sacred Songs
BY ANTHONY FLOTT Father Bill Quinlivan’s Latest CD Celebrates the Priesthood
July 12-25, 2009 Issue
Joan Rivers
kept asking Bill Quinlivan when he was going to be ordained.
Yes, that Joan Rivers. The
raspy-voiced, sharp-tongued comedienne-actress turned fashion expert/jewelry
designer/cosmetics hawker. The same Joan Rivers who owed part of her success to
Quinlivan.
Okay, a very small part.
In... READ MORE
TV Picks 07.12.2009
BY Dan Engler
July 12-25, 2009 Issue
SUNDAY,
JULY 12, 3 p.m., live
U.S. Women’s Open
Championship
NBC The names of past
U.S. Open champions such as “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, Betsy Rawls and Meg
Mallon will be echoing at Saucon Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa., during this
final round.
TUESDAYS,
10 p.m., live
Threshold of... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 07.12.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
July 12-25, 2009 Issue
For All Mankind (1989)
Peanuts 1960’s Collection (1965-1969)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
Marking this
month’s 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, a number of Apollo-related documentaries have
gotten new DVD releases lately.
Among
the best such documentaries is For... READ MORE
TV Picks 07.05.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
DAILY
Going
My Way
CATHOLICTV Boston archdiocesan Father Chris Hickey hosts
this upbeat show about the priesthood. He sings as well, accompanied on the
piano by his onetime seminary mentor, Father Paul Rouse. In each episode,
Father Hickey interviews a guest priest. Airs 12:30 p.m. Sundays, 1... READ MORE
TV Picks 06.28.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
DAILY
Family Rosary With Sacred
Scripture
FAMILYLAND TV “Cling to
the Rosary as the creeper clings to the tree — for without Our Lady we cannot
stand,” Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta said. At 4 a.m. and noon daily, as
well as 7:30 p.m. daily except Sundays and Wednesdays, this show... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 06.28.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
The Swiss Family Robinson (1976) -Pick
Blu-ray: Miracle (2004) -Pick
Blu-ray: The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) -Pick
Not to be
confused with the 1960 Disney film by Ken Annakin, “The Swiss
Family Robinson,” new this week on DVD in a 3-disc box set from
Image Entertainment, is one of the... READ MORE
Family Time in the French Countryside
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Summer Hours Is a Moving Meditation
June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue
French
director Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours opens
with a glimpse into a world that has already passed away, though not all the
characters realize it yet.
On the luxuriant grounds of a
stately old country home in a village not far from Paris, a pack of children
and dogs run along well-tended... READ MORE
TV Picks 04.21.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
VARIOUS
Advanced Catechism Series With
Cardinal Arinze
FAMILYLAND TV The late
Jesuit Father John Hardon said that unless the Catholic Church in America
solved its catechetical crisis, it would disappear like the Church in North
Africa. At 3:30 a.m. Mondays, 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays,... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 04.21.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
More Shaun
the Sheep! The third collection of the ovine Aardman Animations hero’s
adventures in British television, “Shaun the Sheep: Sheep on the
Loose” offers more of the “Wallace & Gromit” co-star’s
delightful seven-minute escapades on a British sheep farm.
Actually, “Sheep on the... READ MORE
A Sculptor of Substance
BY EDDIE O’NEILL Sondra Jonson Thinks and Creates With the Church
June 21-27, 2009 Issue
From the time
she was 5 years old, Sondra Jonson knew exactly what she wanted to be when she
grew up. Her parents, both doctors, had wasted no time instilling in her a love
of art.
“I think we were going to museums
before I was sitting up,” she says. “In first grade, art was the only thing... READ MORE
TV Picks 06.14.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
DAILY,
7 a.m.
Chaplet of St. Michael
EWTN “By the
intercession of St. Michael and the celestial choir of cherubim may the Lord
grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths of Christian
perfection,” reads a petition in the Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel.
Blessed Pope... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 06.14.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
Arriving on Blu-ray in time for Father’s Day, a
pair of recent Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases offer valentines to
American heroism and manly virtues in solid genre pieces — one a war movie, the
other an action flick. Both movies are also available on standard DVD.
The
popular,... READ MORE
Of Demigods and Warring Elementals
BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD Separating Fantasy From Reality
June 14-20, 2009 Issue
When my children were younger, I had
one of those moments in which I sud-denly wondered if I was being The Bad Dad.
I was reading aloud from a book of
mythology, with all the trappings of paganism on gaudy display: misbehaving
gods and goddesses, magic, the occult — the whole package.
For an... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 06.07.2009
BY Steven D. Greydanus
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
Journey Into Amazing Caves (2001) -Pick
Amazing Journeys (2002) -Pick
Seabiscuit (2003) -Pick
Cinderella Man (2005) -Pick
Take an
“Amazing Journey” with either of two 40-minute IMAX documentaries recently
released on DVD and/or Blu-ray.
Amazing Journeys, from
Razor Digital Entertainment, is... READ MORE
TV Picks 06.07.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
VARIOUS
Romans
FAMILYLAND TV “For I am
not ashamed of the Gospel,” wrote St. Paul in the Letter to the Romans. “It is
the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” At 3:30 a.m.
Sundays and 10 a.m. Fridays, this series mines the riches of St. Paul’s... READ MORE
New, Catholic ‘Monologues’
BY ANTHONY FLOTT Jeremy Stanbary Makes a Pro-Life Statement With His New Play
June 7-13, 2009 Issue
Jeremy
Stanbary stood with other pro-lifers in St. Paul, Minn., and heard the pain
pour out in waves — men and women at a Silent No More Minnesota rally publicly
testifying about the abortions in their pasts.
“There wasn’t a dry eye among those
who were there,” Stanbary recalled. “Very... READ MORE
‘Up’-Lifting Adventure
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Lifelong Love, Old Age and the Unexpected Turn Up in Pixar’s Latest Masterpiece
May 31-June 6, 2009 Issue
What is Up?
It is a love story. A tragedy. A
soaring fantasy. A surreal animated comedy. A three-hankie weepie. A
cliffhanging thriller. A cross-generational odd-couple buddy movie. A tale of
sharply observed melancholy truths and whimsically unfettered nonsense.
Besides all this, Up
even opens... READ MORE
TV Picks 05.31.2009
BY Daniel J. Engler
May 31-June 6, 2009 Issue
VARIOUS
June Pledge Shows
PBS Check your local
listings for these specials and more. In America's Home Cooking: Easy
Recipes for Thrifty Cooking, Chris Fennimore
uses "Grandma's kitchen wisdom" to prepare budget-friendly meals. In Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City,
the singer performs... READ MORE
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