TV and film

TV; It’s not a black and white issue

It's a safe bet that Sister Rose Pacatte watches more TV and movies than you do. She even has TiVo, which only seriously addicted TV watchers will admit to...

The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper (Weinstein, 2010) In a season of gunslingers (True Grit) and brawlers (The Fighter), Tom Hooper has made a touching...

Tangled

Tangled Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard (Disney, 2010) Like dozens of its predecessors, Disney’s 50th animated feature film transforms a fairy tale...

Hereafter

Hereafter Directed by Clint Eastwood (Warner Brothers, 2010) For almost half a century Clint Eastwood has been making films about death, but nearly all of...

The Town

The Town Directed by Ben Affleck (Warner Brothers, 2010) During the Depression Warner Brothers earned much of its weekly paycheck with gangster movies in which...

Toy Story 3

Directed by Lee Unkrich (Disney/Pixar, 2010) In the third chapter of Pixar’s saga about a boy’s toys, the plastic and wooden playthings that fill...

Babies

Babies directed by Thomas Balmés (Focus Features, 2010) French filmmaker Thomas Balmés had a simple and brilliant idea: Put four babies in...

The Green Zone

The Green Zone Directed by Paul Greengrass (Universal Pictures, 2010) The Greek dramatist Aeschylus wrote, "In war, truth is the first casualty." But...