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In 30 Seconds: Green Lantern, Popper's Penguins, Super 8, Tree of Life!

Deacon Steven D. Greydanus Blogs

Reel Faith
Reel Faith

Now that “Reel Faith” is back in production, I have to face the sad truth that I no longer have the time to invest writing 30-second reviews in verse. We’re still doing 30-second reviews, but they’re more straightforward now. Here are the latest from both David and myself, including Green Lantern, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Super 8 and Tree of Life.

Incidentally, have you been watching “Reel Faith”? Episode 2 (featuring Super 8, The Tree of Life and The Hangover Part 2) is still up at the show’s website (and probably will be all weekend), and Episode 3 (featuring Green Lantern, Mr. Popper’s Penguins and Judy Moody) airs tonight at 8:30pm ET on NET (watch online).

Incidentally, as you can see from David’s 30-second review of Mr. Popper’s Penguins, we don’t always see completely eye to eye. Watch tonight’s show to see more!

 
Green Lantern (SDG)

 
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (DD)

 
Super 8 (SDG)

 
The Tree of Life (DD)

Deacon Steven D. Greydanus

Deacon Steven D. Greydanus

Deacon Steven D. Greydanus was the Register film critic from 2010 to 2021 and wrote for the Register for nearly 18 years. He is the creator of Decent Films, a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Newark, and a member of the New York Film Critics Circle.

For 10 years he co-hosted the Gabriel Award–winning cable TV show “Reel Faith” for New Evangelization Television. Steven has degrees in media arts and religious studies, and has contributed several entries to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, including “The Church and Film” and a number of filmmaker biographies. He has also written about film for the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy.

He has a BFA in Media Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York, an MA in Religious Studies from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and an MA in Theology from Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

Steven’s writing for the Register has been recognized many times by the Catholic Press Association Awards, with first-place wins in 2017 and 2016 and second-place wins in 2019 and 2015.

Steven and his wife Suzanne have seven children.

An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.

Matthew Bunson, Shannon Mullen Register Radio

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