Vampire Loving
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, November 29, 2008 5:12 AM
Matt Lickona reviews Twilight at Inside Catholic, and kind of likes it.
He says it’s a no-sex movie about sex.
It turns on its head the silly modern formula “I love you so much, I can’t control myself.” Writes Lickona: “In that case, he doesn’t want to have sex with you; he wants to suck your blood until you die. But the character of the desire is the same: overwhelming in its ferocity,... READ MORE
Filed under movies, twilight, weekend commentary
Behind the Beauty of ‘Bella’
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 10, 2008 1:10 PM
Register Senior Writer Tim Drake has written a book about the making of the surprise 2007 pro-life hit movie, Bella.
Tim’s book, “Behind Bella: The Amazing Stories of ‘Bella’ and the Lives It’s Changed,” is published by Ignatius Press.
For Tim, the movie about a crisis pregnancy struck close to home.
“For me, [Bella] is a validation of my own life,” Tim told the Philadelphia Bulletin... READ MORE
Filed under behind bella, bella, books, movies, tim drake
The Temptation of Roger Ebert
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, November 02, 2008 3:00 PM
Roger Ebert has been providing thoughtful “looking back” reviews at the Chicago Sun Times. His latest focuses on 1988’s The Last Temptation of Christ” and acknowledges a debt to Register film critic Steven D. Greydanus.
Ebert’s 20-year-old review was too concerned with theology, writes Ebert: “It must have driven Martin Scorsese crazy to read reviews of ‘The Last Temptation of... READ MORE
Filed under ebert, greydanus, movies, weekend commentary
Doubt and Douthat
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, November 02, 2008 10:07 AM
Meryl Streep as an old-school nun.
Coming in December to a theater not necessarily near you (it has a limited release) is Doubt, a movie version of the John Patrick Shanley play. The movie stars Meryl Streep as an angry nun and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a sunny (and possibly abusive) priest. It’s from Miramax, and that can’t be good for the Church.
But the excellent Ross Douthat saw the play, and had this to say: “Doubt... READ MORE
Filed under doubt, douthat, movies, weekend commentary
W.
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 24, 2008 2:56 PM
Over the weekend Register executive editor Tom Hoopes will post several thoughtful commentaries on the Daily Blog, as usual.
Those who don’t want to wait for their weekly helping of Hoopes should venture over to National Review Online to read his review of Oliver Stone’s “W.”
In addition to cataloguing the movie’s excesses, Hoopes takes a stab at what makes Josh Brolin’s Bush... READ MORE
Filed under george w. bush, hollywood, movies
Fireproof Puppy
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:00 AM
Kirk Cameron's pleading eyes. (CNS)
Matthew Likona shares his ambivalent take on the movie Fireproof at Inside Catholic. He decides “it’s hard to kick a puppy.”
He struggles to find the reason he doesn’t hate the movie. After all, the story is about marriage, but makes a key error:
“Watching it was a painful yo-yo experience; I was forever being whipped between admiration and groaning. I liked that the preservation of a marriage... READ MORE
Filed under fireproof, movies, weekend commentary
Maher the Adolescent
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:00 AM
Maher vs. 'straw men.' (Movieweb)
More readers are learning that “Bill Maher Makes an Adolescent Case Against Religion in Religulous.” That’s because the review by Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman is being picked up by many alternative papers. The Houston Press, for instance.
Hoberman judges the movie “Initially quite funny in its head-on engagement with star-spangled, self-righteous platitudes.” But the movie takes a... READ MORE
Filed under maher, movies, religulous
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