Top 10 Priest Movies
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:40 AM
For the Year of the Priest, here are the “Top 10 Priest Movies” from our Top 100 Catholic Movies List (the full list, the result of an online poll of 1,000 people, is always under “Resources” above):
1. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
2. The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
3. The Mission (1986), mature audiences
4. Going My Way (1944)
5. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
6. On the Waterfront... READ MORE
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Fatima on Film
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, June 08, 2009 11:08 AM
Religious stories, visually told, still attract audiences, it would seem. The wondrous story of the miracles at Fatima never ceases to inspire. The latest creative effort profiling the events at Fatima is the result of the work of filmmakers Ian and Dominic Higgins at 13th Day Films. Their film, The 13th Day is currently seeking a distributor. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in... READ MORE
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'National Treasure' vs. 'Angels & Demons'
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:47 AM
Angels & Demons is basically National Treasure, set in Rome ... which could have been so much cooler than National Treasure. But it was so much worse.
Jerry Bruckheimer’s work may have been derivative, commercial and silly. But as it turns out, that works better for a treasure hunt story than ponderous, arrogant and overblown.
My wife and daughters reviled me for paying money to see Angels &... READ MORE
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Dom DeLuise, 1933-2009
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:27 PM
Dom DeLuise and his wife Carol Arthur in 2001. (Reuters)
In this U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops video, Dom DeLuise discusses his devotion to Mary.
The Catholic actor died last night in Santa Monica, Calif., after battling cancer for more than a year, CNN reported. He was 75.
The Brooklyn-born DeLuise was noted for his movie portrayals of comic characters. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, actress Carol Arthur, and the couple’s three... READ MORE
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Priest Spy on ‘Demons’ Set
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:59 AM
A&D's Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer and Ron Howard. (Reuters)
The Catholic League is closely tracking Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code sequel that opens this May. They’ve covered the “historical inaccuracies” angle, the “apologetics booklet” angle, and now, thanks to a priest spy, they say they’ve found a smoking gun proving the movie’s anti-Catholicism.
“Dressed casually, so no one knew he was a priest,” Father Bernard O’Connor “hung out... READ MORE
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Catholic Movie Night
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, March 07, 2009 2:00 PM
Pope's own Catholic movie night, watching the CBS John Paul. (CNS/Vatican)
In the last post, I referred to Hoopes Catholic Movie Night. We have one every week.
The rules are simple: One night a week we watch a mainstream movie that portrays the Catholic faith. That’s it. A priest counts. Rocky Balboa praying counts (but only if there’s a tabernacle in the chapel, which there is in Rocky II. There’s also a priest). Bible movies, implicitly, count.
We try to mix... READ MORE
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Catholic 'Poole' vs. Ebert
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:10 AM
For the Hoopes family Catholic Movie Night last week, we rented the newly rentable Henry Poole Is Here.
I found it … well, odd. Roger Ebert praised it effusively, though, so I want to go down his list of positives and give each a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Here’s what Ebert says about it: “Henry Poole Is Here achieves something that is uncommonly difficult. It is a spiritual movie with the... READ MORE
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