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DVD Picks and Passes 09.28.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue 
The Godfather (1972) - Pick
The Godfather Part II (1974) - Pick
The Godfather Part III (1990) - Pass
Iron Man (2008) - Pick
This week,
Francis Ford Coppola’s celebrated Godfather trilogy
comes to DVD and Blu-Ray in a newly restored edition called “The Coppola
Restoration.”
The Godfather... READ MORE
TV Picks Sept 28-Oct. 4, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY,
7 p.m.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC In this special two-hour season premiere, host Ty
Pennington, his crew and hundreds of volunteers build a new home in Rockville,
Md., for Felicia Jackson, her four children and her 10 nieces and nephews, whom
she took in four years ago to fulfill... READ MORE
Ride on, Buffalo Soldiers
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Miracle at St. Anna Ultimately Rewarding
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
Spike Lee
probably made few friends in Hollywood over his spat with hometown favorite
Clint Eastwood regarding the absence of black soldiers in Eastwood’s twin World
War II epics, Flags of Our Fathers and
Letters From Iwo Jima.
Still, Lee has a valid point about
the absence of black Americans in... READ MORE
DVD Picks and Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
102 Minutes That Changed -pick
America (2008) -pick
Independence Day -pick (2008)
Speed (1994) -pick
An American in Paris (2005) - Pick
This month, in observance of Sept. 11, the History
Channel aired — without commercial interruption — 102 Minutes That Changed America, a unique... READ MORE
TV Picks September 21-27, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY,
9 p.m.
Being Human: 40 Days for Life II
EWTN This documentary
tells us about the babies saved and the hearts and minds changed in the highly
successful 40 Days for Life campaigns of prayer, fasting, community education
and 24-hour prayer vigils outside abortion chambers. This year’s... READ MORE
Spreading the Gospel Through Music
BY KATY CARL Curtis Stephan’s ‘Underground Catechesis’
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
“Exhilarating”
might be one word for the experience of playing to tens of thousands of young
people at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia.
Curtis Stephan, a rising star of
Catholic music who just had that experience, has another description for it:
“Really cool.”
“It was a huge... READ MORE
DVD Picks and Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
Hulk (2003)
Shelly Duvall’s Faerie
Tale Theatre (1982)
The Absent-Minded Professor / Son of Flubber (1961/1963)
This summer’s The Incredible Hulk was a popular success, but the new Hulk DVD hitting shelves
this week isn’t that movie — it’s the less popular 2003 Ang Lee film, hoping
you... READ MORE
Even Superheroes Need Superheroes
BY ANGELO STAGNARO An Appreciation of Dark Horse Comics’ ‘Hellboy’
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
When it comes
to comic books and science fiction, I am not alone when I proudly say I am a
geek of the first order. That geekdom has become magnified now that we are
seeing a steady stream of our favorite comic book heroes in cinematic
adaptations.
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy
II is a case in point.... READ MORE
TV Picks Sept. 14-20, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
ALL TIMES EASTERN
DAILY
Wow: The CatholicTV Challenge
CATHOLIC TV
Grade-school kids compete in game-show style to answer questions about the
Catholic faith, at 6:30 p.m. Mondays, 4 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Wednesdays, 5
p.m. Thursdays, 1 p.m. Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and midnight... READ MORE
DVD Picks and Passes 09.07.08
BY Steven D. Greydanus
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
New this week on DVD, The
Case for Faith is a documentary based on the book of the same name
by journalist Lee Strobel, and the follow-up to book and DVD versions of
Strobel’s earlier The Case for Christ.
Like other recent apologetical
documentaries, such as Did Jesus Really Rise From the
Dead?... READ MORE
Computer Games and Your Family
BY THOMAS L. McDONALD Part 1: Understanding the Ratings System
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
Video
and computer games are an almost inescapable element of life for any modern
child. Even parents who don’t have game machines and carefully control their
children’s media exposure will, at some point, have to make some choices about
games.
Do you let your children play them?
What kind?... READ MORE
TV Picks Sept.7-13, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
ALL TIMES EASTERN
SUNDAY,
7 p.m.
Franciscan University Presents: Evangelizing Today’s
College Students
EWTN According to its mission statement, the
Fellowship of Catholic University Students exists “To know Christ Jesus, and to
fulfill his great commission, by first living and then... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
The Nightmare Before
Christmas (1993)
It’s the Great
Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
Max and Ruby: Max
& Ruby’s Perfect
Pumpkin (2008)
With
September only just beginning, is it too early for Halloween?
Leading this week’s pack of
Halloween-themed DVD releases is perennial October favorite... READ MORE
Diving in the Shallow End
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Henry Poole Never Takes a Stand
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
Does a water
stain in the cheap stucco job on Henry Poole’s new house contain a miraculous
image of the face of Jesus, as his neighbor Esperanza believes?
Henry (Luke Wilson), whose main
intention in life is to be left alone, certainly by Esperanza (Adriana Barraza)
and probably by Jesus too,... READ MORE
TV Picks August 31- September 6, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
VARIOUS
New Series in September
EWTN In Catholic
Lives (11 a.m. Mondays, 10:30 p.m. Thursdays), Joanna Bogle
interviews Catholics worldwide. In Crossing the Goal (6:30
p.m. Sundays, 2 a.m. Thursdays), ex-football star Danny Abramowicz encourages
Catholic men to live for Christ. In Discovering Our... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
Jesus: The Lost
Years (2007) - Pick
Constantine’s Sword (2007) - Pass
If two best-selling authors make globe-trotting
documentaries from their books, touting their personal theories of religious
history, does it matter if the docs aren’t necessarily factually reliable, as
long as they... READ MORE
Theater as Evangelization
BY BARB ERNSTER Jeremy Stanbary’s Epiphany Studio Productions
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
Inspired by the writings of Pope John Paul II,
Jeremy Stanbary set out five years ago to combine his love for theater and for
the faith, and evangelize through the performing arts, especially to young
people.
As
a young adult, Stanbary, 30, is very much aware of the competition he faces... READ MORE
TV Picks August 24-30, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY,
7 p.m.
2008 Summer Olympic Games, Closing Ceremony
NBC As the 29th modern
Olympic Games close with this four-hour ceremony in Beijing, Catholic viewers
might put the events in context by praying for the communist regime’s millions
of victims — persecuted Christians, slave laborers,... READ MORE
TV. Picks 08.10.2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY, 8 p
Tiger Spy in the Jungle
ANIMAL PLANET Producer
John Downer trained elephants in the Indian jungle to carry and set down
remote-operated and motion-sensor cameras that can capture images of tigers
from far closer up than humans could ever get. This new BBC One... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes 08.17.2008
BY Steven D. Greydanus
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
Brideshead Revisited (1981) - Pick
So beloved is
the acclaimed 1981 U.K. miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waughs masterpiece
Brideshead Revisited, that last year it finished in the top 10 in a popular
Best of Masterpiece Theatre poll despite not being a Masterpiece Theatre
production.... READ MORE
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