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Tag:catholic, christian, chronicles of narnia, dark knight, half blood prince, hancock, harry potter, horton, incredible hulk, indiana jones, inkheart, iron man, movie review, penelope, prince caspian, star trek XI, valkyrie, veggie tales, wall e, x filesDr. Marc T. Newman of MovieMinistry.com recommends these movies for 2008.

VeggieTales Presents The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
Penelope
Horton Hears a […]

Tag:catholic, christian, forgiveness, love, loyalty, spiderman 3Over the weekend, I took my family to watch Spiderman 3. There was a lot of excitement for my 5 year old son, who had been in anticipation for the movie since the trailer began appearing in Yahoo more about 6 months ago. I must say that the movie […]

Tag:300, christian, movieThe movie “300″, has been successful at the box office. Time Magazine had a good write-up on the makings of this movie, which is very much digital. Apparently the only real things in the movie are the humans. Time also has an analysis of why the movie has been a raving success, especially […]

Tag:christian, movies, surveyRobert Redford’s Sundance Films Festival appears to be a permissive and perversive environment for movies that test and extend the boundaries of chastity and decorum. Most recently “Zoo” has been receiving exalting reviews from the secular society.
We know too of the disdainful attitude of Hollywodd towards Christian theme movies. Most of us would […]

Tag:No TagsAll Christians should be familiar with this hymn, Amazing Grace. As a born Catholic, I was familiar with the song but didn’t mean much to me, until my late wife who was a convert to Catholicism took to this hymn in an endearing way. It was her favourite hymn. She would impulsively select this […]

Tag:movie, review, silenceUSCCB reviews a documentary on the life in a monastery, titled, “Into Great Silence”. It’s a 3-hour movie filmed by German filmmaker, Philip Groning, of life in the Carthusian monastery, Le Grande Charteuse.
Read the review here: http://www.catholicexchange.com/node/59672

Tag:breach, movie, reviewBreach is the movie portrayal of the expose of FBI agent Robert Hanssen who was a spy for Russia.
The movie review by the USCCB is available here.
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Tag:babel, movie, reviewStan Williams reviews the movie Babel from a Catholic perspective.
The cast of this movie is multinational and the famous ones are Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The premise of the movie is that it’s not the multitude of languages on Earth that precludes understanding among people but the lack of listening. This is […]

Tag:christian, movie, rocky, stalloneRecently, news reports have been circulating announcing that Sylvester Stallone has returned to the Christian faith. Stallone relates how Hollywood success seduced him to abandon his faith several decades ago.
There may be promotional messages that the latest Rocky movie infuses Christian faith lessons, but make no mistake - it’s not! Since the […]

Tag:movie, world trade centerHere is a Catholic analysis of this movie from Dr. Stan Williams, a Catholic filmmaker himself. View it at the Moral Premise blog.
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