2025-06-08T17:32:11-08:00

Reportedly, Stephen King told writer/director Mike Flanagan that his novella 'The Life of Chuck' was "unfilmable." But, Flanagan did it anyway. Read more

2025-06-07T11:33:11-08:00

'Andor', 'Rogue One' and 'Star Wars': three projects, three genres, three audiences, but only one story. The difference is all in the telling. Read more

2025-06-03T16:43:07-08:00

I love a good exorcism film. 'The Ritual', hitting theaters on June 6, certainly is an exorcism film, but is it a good one? Read more

2025-05-27T11:05:42-08:00

In 'Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning', Ethan Hunt is trying to save the world, while star Tom Cruise is trying to save the movies. Read more

2025-05-21T20:00:08-08:00

Shortly after the election of Pope Leo XIV, I had a video chat with star Neal McDonough and director Jon Avnet of  the upcoming Angel Studios release, 'The Last Rodeo.' As we're both Irish Catholics, McDonough started by asking me about our Chicago-born pontiff. Read more

2025-05-15T17:47:12-08:00

The new deal with Mel Gibson's Icon for the long-awaited 'Passion of the Christ' sequel shows that Lionsgate has faith in Jesus ... or, at least, in Christianity's ability to infuse successful storytelling. Read more

2025-05-13T12:47:11-08:00

What does college quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ precipitous fall in the NFL Draft have to do with your life, or journalism? More than you might think. We tend to put things in buckets. Sports here. News there. Life lessons, somewhere else. But that’s not the way it works. All involve people, and people are going to people, no matter where they are. And sometimes, an event happens that, viewed from the right perspective, can explain a lot about how life works.... Read more

2025-05-06T15:43:19-08:00

At 20 years old, YouTube has matured from a home for random and often strange videos to a rival to major streaming services. Read more

2025-05-02T11:49:57-08:00

Just a quick note to share some breaking news, released on 5/2/2025, about when Season 5 of 'The Chosen' lands on Prime Video. Read more

2025-05-02T12:39:11-08:00

PBS' 'Masterpiece: Miss Austen' offers a fictionalized explanation as to why Cassandra Austen destroyed most of her sister Jane's letters. Read more


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