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Weekly TV Picks
BY Daniel J. Engler May 25-31
May 25-31, 2008 Issue 
SUNDAY, 5 p.m.
National Memorial Day Concert
PBS Before a
throng on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, actors Joe Mantegna and Gary
Sinise will host this tribute to our country and the military personnel who
have protected us and the cause of liberty. Erick Kunzel will direct the
National Symphony... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – BluRay (2005) - Pick
The Chronicles of Narnia
(1998-2000 - Pick
In case you missed it, the hi-def DVD format wars are over.
The winner is Blu-ray, which beat out HD-DVD. The good news is this doesn’t
mean your DVD collection is obsolete: Blu-ray... READ MORE
Lewis Lite
BY Steven D. Greydanus Prince Caspian Is Inspired by the Second Narnia Book but Fails to Adapt It
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
C.S.Lewis’ second venture into Narnia, Prince Caspian, is
sandwiched between two popular favorites, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Coming between the formidable creative and
allegorical achievement of the former and the bracing, poetic odyssey of... READ MORE
TV Picks May 18-24. 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
SUNDAY, 9 p.m.
International
Builders’ Show 2008
Home & Garden TV
The many facets of taking care of your family include maintaining your home.
More than 92,000 builders and 1,900 exhibitors attended the annual convention
of the National Association of Homebuilders this past February, and... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Pick
Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom (1984) - Pass
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - Pick
Until now, the adventures of Indiana Jones have been
available on DVD only in a boxed edition with all three movies. This week, in
anticipation of Jones’... READ MORE
Sweet Home, Catholic Chicago
BY MONTA MONACO HERNON
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
If you’re interested in seeing how the Catholic faith helped
shaped one of America’s biggest cities — Chicago, third in population only to
New York and Los Angeles — you could do worse than to tour “Catholic Chicago.”
A featured exhibit at the Chicago History Museum, the
formative... READ MORE
TV Picks May 11 – 17, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
SUNDAY, 8 p.m.
Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition
ABC Host Ty
Pennington, his design team, local builders and volunteers construct a new,
handicapped-accessible house for Paul and Renee Giunta of Maynard, Mass.
Brain-damaged since a traffic accident in March 2006 on the day their... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
BELLA (2006) - Pick
THE RED BALLOON (1956) - Pick
WHITE MANE (1952) - Pick
New this week on DVD, Bella, the debut feature from
Catholic-owned Metanoia Films, is the kind of against-all-odds success story
every film student dreams about. Three first-time film producers set out to
make a movie with... READ MORE
Redemption In Red Armor
BY Steven D. Greydanus Iron Man is a Tongue-in-Cheek Conversion Story, of Sorts
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
Smart, sardonic and more than a little silly, Iron Man is a
successful superhero movie that never takes itself too seriously. Here is a
popcorn movie with a will to entertain, at turns evoking James Bond, Batman
Begins and Transformers; if it’s not in the same league as Batman Begins,... READ MORE
TV Picks May 4-10, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
SUNDAYS-FRIDAYS, 7
a.m.
Morning Prayers
FAMILYLAND TV The
Morning Offering is “of fundamental importance in the life of the faithful,”
wrote Pope John Paul II. Tune in for this powerful prayer and others, too.
SUNDAY, 9 p.m.
Greensburg
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
This new hour-long special visits... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) - pick
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) - pick
The Golden Compass (2007) - pass
Not long ago, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano
published commentary on the 2008 Academy Awards that strikingly coincided with
my own analysis on this page a few weeks... READ MORE
A Saint Made Music. May His Music Make Saints.
BY Joseph Pronechen
April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue
From his home base in Los Angeles, Grammy-winning musician
Ray Herrmann has been making memorable music for more than two decades. He has
performed alongside, and recorded with, such top acts as LeAnn Rimes, Johnny
Mathis and George Benson.
He has played on Leno, Letterman and numerous other... READ MORE
TV Picks April 26 - May 3, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
DAILY, noon
Family Rosary and
Mass
FAMILYLAND TV
“After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I
love as much as the Rosary,” the Blessed Mother told Dominican Father Blessed
Alan de la Roche in 1460. Tune in to Family Rosary with Sacred... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
April 20-26, 2008 Issue
Juno (2007) - Pick
The Water Horse
(2007) - Pick
“Dealing with things way beyond my maturity level” is the
mature if bitter self-reflection from the title character in Juno (new this
week on DVD).
But maturity and immaturity can be combined in unexpected
ways, like a hulking teenager with... READ MORE
The Quill and the Mouse
BY Eric Scheske Literature in the Blogosphere
April 20-26, 2008 Issue
Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Walker Percy, Flannery O’Connor.
Few things energize American Catholic writers more than that literary
quaternary. English Catholic writers can have Evelyn Waugh, J.R.R. Tolkien and
Malcolm Muggeridge. Heck, they can even have the renegade Graham Greene.
American... READ MORE
TV Picks April 20-26, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
April 20-26, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
SUNDAY, 6 a.m.
History’s Lost &
Found
HISTORY CHANNEL
“Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,”
reads the inscription on the Liberty Bell, citing Leviticus 25:10. Cast in 1751
and rung in 1776 for the Declaration of Independence, the bell... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
Pope Benedict XVI knew firsthand the terrors of Nazism: As a
teenager he was forced to enroll in the Hitler Youth movement. Here are three
DVD picks from the Register archive to which he would likely give his own
thumbs-up.
One of the best and most inspiring films of the decade,... READ MORE
When the Angels Sing Along
BY FATHER ANDREAS KRAMARZ, LC The Pope’s Favorite Pieces of Music
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
Pope Benedict loves music. Pope Benedict loves Mozart. But
what of Mozart does Pope Benedict love most?
A little while ago, his brother Msgr. Georg Ratzinger disclosed
this secret in an interview to a Swiss Press Agency and now we know that there
are two pieces that Benedict XVI especially enjoys:... READ MORE
TV Picks April 13-19, 2008
BY Daniel J. Engler
April 13-19, 2008 Issue
All Times Eastern
VARIOUS
Best of Familyland
FAMILYLAND TV On
Sundays and Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. and Mondays at 1:30 p.m., speakers explain
and defend Catholic truths and offer pro-family wisdom.
VARIOUS
Critter Gitters
FAMILYLAND TV At
4:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 10:30... READ MORE
DVD Picks & Passes
BY Steven D. Greydanus
April 6-12, 2008 Issue
The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun (2006) - Pick
BBC Natural History Collection (2008) – Pick
If you see only one slow-moving, foreign documentary about a
monastery screened last year for U.S. audiences — one featuring an elderly,
hard-working man with an imposing white beard and an... READ MORE
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