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TV Picks June 22-28, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 22-28, 2008 Issue 
SUNDAY,
8 p.m.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC Erik and Vicki
Swenson-Lee of Minnetonka, Minn., parents of four, have taken in the four
orphaned children of Vicki’s murdered sister Teri. Now they receive a home
large enough for all the kids, built by the makeover crew and... READ MORE
DVD Picks and Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
The Sword in the
Stone (1963)
Jungle Book 2 (2003)
This week
Disney rereleases two middling adaptations to DVD. One is worth catching; the
other, not so much.
Loosely
based on the first part of T.H. White’s classic Arthurian opus The Once and
Future King, Disney’s The Sword in the Stone is... READ MORE
TV Picks June15-21, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
SUNDAY, 8 p.m.
Nature:
Silence of the Bees
PBS
This documentary investigates “colony collapse disorder” — why many bee colonies
in the United States and elsewhere have been dying out. We need bees because
their function as pollinators keeps about a third of our fibers,... READ MORE
St. Joseph’s Blog Army
BY ERIC SCHESKE Father’s Day in the Blogosphere
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
Two fathers, two legacies. Father One: Celebrity
intellectual and author toasted throughout Europe. Wrote on many topics,
including child-rearing, though children interested him little in real life.
Not married to the wife of his five children. Abandoned all five babies to an
orphanage where 80% of... READ MORE
TV Picks June 8-14, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
SUNDAY, 8 p.m.
Nature:
Snowflake:
The
White Gorilla
PBS
After locals in Equatorial Guinea killed his parents in 1967, “Snowflake,” an
albino western lowland gorilla, was brought to Barcelona. Before he died in
2003, studies of Snowflake and his companion Muni helped... READ MORE
Kick It!
BY Steven D. Greydanus Kung Fu Panda Has the Chops - and Real Heart, Too
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
Kung-fu
fighting cartoon animals actually makes a lot of sense if you stop and think
about it. After all, lots of kung fu movies are basically live-action cartoons
anyway (not to mention the actual animé cartoons). Plus, a lot of kung fu is
inspired by animals, from the “Five Animals”... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
A Panda is Born/Baby Panda's First Year (2005) - Pick
High Noon-Special Edition (1952) - Pick
Cannily timed to take advantage of this weekend’s
big-screen Panda-monium (I can’t believe I stooped to that) is the DVD release
of a pair of Animal Planet documentaries, A Panda Is Born and Baby... READ MORE
Some Games Are Better Left Unplayed
BY Thomas L. McDonald 2 New Offerings Show the Medium at Its Best and Worst
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
here is no such thing as a moral or an
immoral book,” Oscar Wilde writes at the beginning of Dorian Gray. “Books are
well written, or badly written. That is all.”
Wilde preached that ethics are irrelevant in art, but he didn’t
practice it.
Instead of ending the book an unrepentant sinner,... READ MORE
TV Picks June 1-7, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
VARIOUS
Weekly
Roman Observer
Familyland TV At 10 a.m. Mondays, 2:30 a.m. Tuesdays
and 11 p.m. Thursdays, hear reliably reported news about the Pope and the
Church, direct from Rome.
VARIOUS
Pledge
Week Shows
PBS
Among the new specials this week: Songstress Vickie Carr hosts... READ MORE
Raiders of The Lost Franchise
BY STEVEN D. GREYDANUS Indiana Jones Returns in Paint-by-Number Style
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Like the Paramount logo mountain peak in the now-famous
opening dissolve that started it all nearly three decades ago, Raiders of the
Lost Ark towers over the surrounding landscape. My friend and fellow critic
Jeff Overstreet considers it the greatest action movie of all time, and I tend
to agree.... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven Greydanus
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Pick
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Blu-Ray
Edition) (2003) Pick
New this week from the Criterion Collection, The Thief of
Bagdad is a beloved family-adventure standard, though not quite as charming or
as magical as the original silent classic starring... READ MORE
Weekly TV Picks
BY Daniel J. Engler May 25-31
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY, 5 p.m.
National Memorial Day Concert
PBS Before a
throng on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, actors Joe Mantegna and Gary
Sinise will host this tribute to our country and the military personnel who
have protected us and the cause of liberty. Erick Kunzel will direct the
National Symphony... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – BluRay (2005) - Pick
The Chronicles of Narnia
(1998-2000 - Pick
In case you missed it, the hi-def DVD format wars are over.
The winner is Blu-ray, which beat out HD-DVD. The good news is this doesn’t
mean your DVD collection is obsolete: Blu-ray... READ MORE
Lewis Lite
BY Steven D. Greydanus Prince Caspian Is Inspired by the Second Narnia Book but Fails to Adapt It
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
C.S.Lewis’ second venture into Narnia, Prince Caspian, is
sandwiched between two popular favorites, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Coming between the formidable creative and
allegorical achievement of the former and the bracing, poetic odyssey of... READ MORE
TV Picks May 18-24. 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY, 9 p.m.
International
Builders’ Show 2008
Home & Garden TV
The many facets of taking care of your family include maintaining your home.
More than 92,000 builders and 1,900 exhibitors attended the annual convention
of the National Association of Homebuilders this past February, and... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Pick
Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom (1984) - Pass
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - Pick
Until now, the adventures of Indiana Jones have been
available on DVD only in a boxed edition with all three movies. This week, in
anticipation of Jones’... READ MORE
Sweet Home, Catholic Chicago
BY MONTA MONACO HERNON
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
If you’re interested in seeing how the Catholic faith helped
shaped one of America’s biggest cities — Chicago, third in population only to
New York and Los Angeles — you could do worse than to tour “Catholic Chicago.”
A featured exhibit at the Chicago History Museum, the
formative... READ MORE
TV Picks May 11 – 17, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
SUNDAY, 8 p.m.
Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition
ABC Host Ty
Pennington, his design team, local builders and volunteers construct a new,
handicapped-accessible house for Paul and Renee Giunta of Maynard, Mass.
Brain-damaged since a traffic accident in March 2006 on the day their... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
BELLA (2006) - Pick
THE RED BALLOON (1956) - Pick
WHITE MANE (1952) - Pick
New this week on DVD, Bella, the debut feature from
Catholic-owned Metanoia Films, is the kind of against-all-odds success story
every film student dreams about. Three first-time film producers set out to
make a movie with... READ MORE
Redemption In Red Armor
BY Steven D. Greydanus Iron Man is a Tongue-in-Cheek Conversion Story, of Sorts
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
Smart, sardonic and more than a little silly, Iron Man is a
successful superhero movie that never takes itself too seriously. Here is a
popcorn movie with a will to entertain, at turns evoking James Bond, Batman
Begins and Transformers; if it’s not in the same league as Batman Begins,... READ MORE
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