[Caution: spoilers ahead] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a moving paean to fatherhood. The entire movie centers around Henry Turner’s
Guest post by Magdalyn Fiore. A lengthy comparison between the Ocean and the Holy Ghost? What can I say except you’re welcome! I recently saw
The Jungle Book (2016) is a masterful adaptation of Kipling’s book, paying due homage to the classic Disney film with its meshing of the familiar
If you are a Star Wars fan, you have likely felt either excitement or apprehension when considering the release of “Rogue One”. This is uncharted
I am not an avid fiction reader. If I’m lucky I make my way through one or two novels a year. More often than not
(The article below contains a few minor spoilers. Continue only if you don’t mind or have already seen the film!) Yet another installment in
Every Lent and Easter brings up movie adaptations of Jesus’ life, and this year’s new installment is Risen, produced by Sony’s Affirm Films faith-based division.
About a week ago, I joined the cool kids club and got to see The Force Awakens in theaters. It was a fantastic movie, and
As a father of three girls all under the age of five, I see my fair share of princess tales. To be perfectly honest, most
There are many great Catholic websites on the web, but have you heard of these seven? 1. Tiny Saints These pocket size little caricatures are the
“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place…it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently
What was said about history being philosophy teaching by example can also be said of movies. Movies can illustrate philosophy (and even theology) by showing
The news media briefly turned its attention to the Hit HBO series, “Game of Thrones” last week after US Senator Claire McCaskill (Dem, MO) tweeted
Fairy tales (especially princesses and Santa Claus) get a lot of crap. From comments such as, “princesses teach girls that the only way to attain
Teaching always involves a curve ball. This past fall I taught “Introduction to Moral Theology and Ethics” at The Catholic University of America. For the
I remember when I first fell in love with movies. It was 1989, I was four years old and saw The Little Mermaid. While watching
As a young mother of a young baby, the opportunity to do something purely for my own entertainment comes around very rarely. On one of
I’ve never been in a violent or abusive relationship – not physically, emotionally, psychologically, or sexually – and for that I am truly and eternally
One of the greatest sporting event upsets of all time arguably happened during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York when the United
The movie points to a basic human fact that is often overlooked: humanity is messy
After watching Disney’s extremely popular and highly controversial Frozen for the third time last night, I’ve come to the conclusion that everyone- bloggers, movie reviewers,
