Catholic Film Reviews

Twilight begs the question, why do girls always go for vampires? Is it the Byronic good looks? Or perhaps because they’re given to lines like, “You don’t know how long I’ve waited for you,” and “You’re my own personal brand of heroin.” Bella, a junior in high school recently relocated from Arizona to perpetually rain-washed Washington, [...]

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First, in case you missed it, we posted originally, ca. Season One, on LOST and the persistence of Christian tropes.
As for the rest of this post: SPOILER ALERT. Clan Murphy is rapidly getting caught up on LOST, and (as of this post) have just finished the mid-fourth-season episode ttiled “The Constant”. If you aren’t at [...]

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directed by Alphonse Cuaron
(content warnings: Rated R for violence, profanity)

This is an amazing film, both cinematically and thematically. But it’s the theme I want to touch on quickly, because I almost can’t believe it.
A number of critics have mentioned the film’s “dystopian vision”, but I have yet to see anyone connect director Alphonse Cuaron’s [...]

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