NEW YORK (CNS) — Darkness hovers over the neighboring cities of Gotham and Metropolis, the main settings of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (Warner Bros). […]
Movie: ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’
Book: Fantastic Norwegian folk tales, lavish artwork fill ‘East of the Sun’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Readers are in danger of being spoiled by “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” (Taschen). The art in this […]
Book: Author gives strong, clear portrait of U.S. priest killed in Guatemala
“The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma” by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2015). 255 pp., $19.95. Few people […]
Movie: ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The third time’s not a charm with “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” (Summit), a ponderous adaptation of the final book of the futuristic […]
Books offer different approaches to Catholic history, historic figures
“American and Catholic: Stories of the People Who Built the Church” by C. Walker Gollar. Franciscan Media (Cincinnati, 2015). 225 pp., $19.99. “Forty Catholics Who Shaped […]
Movie: ‘Miracles From Heaven’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The fact-based drama “Miracles From Heaven” (Columbia) tells a remarkable story. Though director Patricia Riggen’s screen version of Christy Beam’s 2015 memoir […]
Book: Roll over, Poor Richard: Catholic Almanac well into its second century
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Thinking in terms of the little engine that could, the annual Catholic Almanac, which sells about 5,000 copies each year, not only could, […]
Christ’s passion to be retold in live musical broadcast from New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Christ’s final hours will come to life in spectacular fashion on Palm Sunday, March 20, when Fox airs “The Passion,” a two-hour, […]