Everybody wants to be happy from now until January 1st. Thanksgiving, Christmas parties, and New Years should be, we are told, the happiest time of the year. It is hard to be happy without first being thankful, which is in fact why we celebrate Thanksgiving before Christmas. No, not really. Still, gratitude is that one […]
My brother Michael is a seminarian in the diocese of Tegucigalpas in Honduras. My brother Michael is an extremely grateful person. The other night when I was speaking with him on the phone, he mentioned that he was really focusing on gratitude in his life, on thanking God for His many blessings. This struck me […]
DATEWORTHY: YES! While its plot is as overstuffed as a Thanksgiving dinner, there’s plenty of fun magic to be found here in a film that will entertain all ages. What’s a movie studio to do when it runs out of ideas in a film series that made $7.7 billion worldwide? Create a spin-off series that […]
A drifting, pointless plotline with undefined characters, further ruined by an annoying new style of filming technique. There have been breakthrough moments in the history of film technology, from the creation of talkies through the addition of color, and the coming, going and resurgence of 3D movie popularity. Add in Technicolor, 70 mm projection and […]
DOCTOR STRANGE: A time-bending, mind-tripping Marvel superhero tale that is endlessly fascinating to watch, it’s loads of fun if you keep its Eastern mystic aspects in perspective. YES. HACKSAW RIDGE: Mel Gibson’s comeback film after a decade in the Hollywood doghouse is one of the year’s best, mixing romance, heroism and pacifist ideals. Be warned […]
“A man who is truly interested in a woman will find an endless number of ways to spend time with her.” That quote came across my Facebook feed today. It is a beautiful quote. It is also a quote meant for married men, not dating men. Giving someone all your time at the beginning or […]
