I’m not normally someone who likes to watch foreign films. However, the subject of the French film The Apparition piqued my interest as it was a secular film telling the story of a teenage girl who has claimed to have seen an apparition of…

I have a confession to make. Strange coming from a priest I know, but here it is: I’m not a fan of Christmas-themed movies unless it is the original Die Hard which is a Christmas movie and don’t let anyone else tell you different. But I…

I will confess going into the viewing of Instant Family I was a little skeptical of what the comedy film that hits theaters on Nov. 16 would be. Would it be as funny as I wanted it to be? Would there be touching moments and life lessons?…

The movie Indivisible, based on a true story, explores the life of Army chaplain Darren Turner, his wife Heather, and their children. This is also a movie about the men and women who go to war and are damaged by the experience. Darren,…

We live in the age of social media. And even those of us who grew up in the ’70s and ’80s and are certainly not millennials, are part of the lost kids of Generation X. We are the sons and daughters of the baby boomers and most of us are the…

The thought of watching a documentary can sometimes strike fear into my heart. Not fear of death, but fear of boredom or fear of falling asleep. That was not the case when I watched the great documentary The Heart of Nuba.  This 85-minute…

So it’s that time of year. What time of year you ask? It’s summer movie time, my friends! The summer season is when most of your blockbusters come out. You know those movies you go see with superheroes, aliens, space faring, and, yes,…

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word is a documentary film by Wim Wenders, a celebrated German filmmaker, whose career filmography is vast and eclectic. This particular movie certainly is of interest to Catholics but I think it is a film that…