FILMS: ‘The Pirates! Band of Misfits’: Treasure for teenagers and their older maties
NEW YORK (CNS) -- We have it on the authority of Victorian librettist W.S. Gilbert that "it is, it is a glorious thing/to be...
FILMS: ‘The Raven’: A Grisly depiction of murders from Edgar Allan Poe’s works
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The macabre musings of Edgar Allan Poe have been adapted for the screen numerous times. In the latest instance, Baltimore's...
Familiar with controversy, ‘Catholic Oscars’ honor their heritage
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CNS) -- At the 19th annual "Catholic Oscars," it wasn't only the honorees who were in the spotlight -- but the...
Mexican ‘Cristero’ fight relevant to actor’s Cuban heritage
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the upcoming movie "For Greater Glory," Catholic actor Andy Garcia plays a Mexican Revolution-era general lured out of retirement a...
English teacher gave actor Verastegui new focus in life
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- One might think actor Eduardo Verastegui would have fond memories of his first English-language movie, 2003's "Chasing Papi," because it gave...
FILMS: ‘Avengers’: Redeeming the superhero genre
Stan Lee’s Marvel Comics have been the subject of many on-screen interpretations, including the “Spiderman” and “Iron Man” series as well as several others....
Film revisits the many sides of Mexico’s Cristero Rebellion
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Even as modern-day church-state relations improve, the impact of Mexico's three-year Cristero Rebellion in the 1920s on the Catholic Church...
Weekend calendar: June 22-24
Fortnight for Freedom — A two-week, nationwide period of prayer, education and action in support of religious freedom. Details.
8:30 a.m. June 22 at St....
Fourth of July
A couple of local suggestions for celebrating the Fourth of July with fellow Americans and fellow Catholics:
Fortnight for Freedom rally — 7-8:30 p.m. July...
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’: Good, but too soon
From time to time a really terrific film comes along, whose characters present an important message through an exciting story. Audiences remember those films.
Apparently...
