Movie News
Ridley Scott's Alien "prequel" is finally arriving in theatres, does it live up to the hype? And if you're wondering what the gang of the Madagascar movies have been up to, then you're in look as part three in the series hits theatres.
Catholic Movie Reviews - Snow White and the Huntsman, Chernobyl Diaries, Crooked Arrows
By Catholic News ServiceThis week's big release is another modern re-telling of the classic Snow White fairytale. Is it worth your $13?
Catholic Movie Reviews - Men in Black 3, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
By Catholic News ServiceThe Men in Black franchise is back after ten years, can it topple The Avengers from the top of the box office? Elsewhere we also have a review of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the new film about seven elderly Brits who travel to India.
Catholic Movie Reviews - The Dictator, Battleship, What to Expect When You're Expecting
By Catholic News ServiceThe Avengers is still sitting on top of the box office charts. Can the new Sacha Baron Cohen comedy dethrone it?
Catholic Movie Reviews - The Perfect Family & Tim Burton's Dark Shadows
By Catholic News ServiceThe Perfect Family has received a lot of coverage in the Catholic media for it's depiction of Catholic women, is it worth your time? Elsewhere Tim Burton's blockbuster Dark Shadows reboot looks to knock The Avengers off the top of the box office.
Catholic movie reviews - Marvel's The Avengers
By Catholic News ServiceThis week's big release is expected to set weekend box office records. Is it worth your time?
The Avengers
By Adam Shaw Catholic News Service
NEW YORK - Seemingly destined to haul in wads of cash at the box office, the ensemble adventure "Marvel's The Avengers" (Disney) will not disappoint fans of the comic books on which it's based. But it may prove problematic for the parents of some excited youngsters anxious to ride the juggernaut.
The film has a long pedigree that can ultimately be traced back to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original comics series from 1963 (Lee serves the screen version as an executive producer).
Familiar with controversy, 'Catholic Oscars' honor their heritage
By Elisabeth Deffner, Catholic News ServiceBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - At the 19th annual "Catholic Oscars," it wasn't only the honorees who were in the spotlight -- but the controversy that their selection had generated.
Catholics in Media Associates -- which presents the awards each year -- is known for having "questionable, even controversial" honorees, said founding member Barbara Gangi, honorary chairwoman of the event. "Even among our own group!" she added.
Catholic movie reviews - The Raven, The Five-year Engagement & The Pirates! Band of Misfits
By Catholic News ServiceLooking for a movie this weekend? We've got reviews of three of the week's big releases.
Catholic Movie Reviews - Chimpanzee, Cabin in the Woods, Lucky One, Lockout, Think Like a Man
By Catholic News ServiceThis week's batch of movies couldn't be more different if they tried. A Disney nature documentary, a space-based action, a horror movie and romantic comedies mean you're sure to have something to entertain you at the weekend.
Benedictine nun who as young actress starred with Elvis returns to film
By Jack Sheedy, Catholic News ServiceBETHLEHEM, Conn. - On Hollywood's red carpet Feb. 26, the night of the 84th Academy Awards presentations, actress Michelle Williams was wearing Louis Vuitton. Cameron Diaz was wearing Victoria Beckham.
Black-habited Mother Dolores Hart, prioress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, told reporters she was wearing the seventh-century Benedictine St. Telchilde.
"They didn't know what I was talking about," Mother Dolores said in an interview at the rural Connecticut abbey 12 days and 3,000 miles later with The Catholic Transcript, newspaper of the Hartford Archdiocese.
Catholic Movie Reviews - Bully, The Three Stooges, Titanic 3D
By Catholic News ServiceThis week's lead review is "Bully" a film which hasn't been short of media coverage - Lee Hirsch's look at bullying in U.S. school. We're also taking a look at the updated version of "The Three Stooges" and the "Titanic" 3-D re-release.