Author - Patrick McCormick

Patrick McCormick is professor of Christian ethics at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Watch: Robot & Frank

Directed by Jake Schreier (Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2012) Christopher Ford and Jake Schreier’s film is a quirky, amusing, and occasionally honest caper...

Watch: Bernie

Directed by Richard Linklater (Millennium Entertainment, 2012) At the end of Annie Hall Woody Allen tells a joke about a guy whose brother thinks he is a...

Watch: We Have a Pope

Directed by Nanni Moretti (Sundance Selects, 2012) Nanni Moretti’s lighthearted and melancholic comedy introduces us to a gentle and frail cleric who...

Watch: A Separation

Directed by Asghar Farhadi (Sony Pictures, 2011) We all tell stories, and we all believe our stories are true. But the small gaps between our stories and the...

Curious about George

Hollywood’s leading actor shines in roles that show success doesn’t always bring happiness. My seventh-grade English teacher once asserted that...