Culture: Film Reviews
Rose Pacatte, FSP
October 4, 2020
It is 1963 in Detroit. Mattie Moss Clark (Aunjanue Ellis), mother of five daughters, gets an idea for a gospel song in the middle of the night.
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Rose Pacatte, FSP
Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, is a Daughter of St. Paul. She has an MA in Media Studies from the university of London and a Certificate in Pastoral Communication from the University of Dayton. She is a media literacy education specialist and has been the film reviewer for St. Anthony Messenger since 2003.
Andrea Bocelli on Music and Miracles
Rose Pacatte, FSP
October 3, 2020
The voice of Andrea Bocelli lifts up the new movie Fatima. But his talent is well grounded in faith.
Film Reviews with Sister Rose
Rose Pacatte, FSP
July 9, 2020
Sixteen-year-old Enola ( “alone ” spelled backwards), played by Millie Bobby Brown, lives with her mother, Eudoria Holmes (Helena Bonham Carter), on the family’s estate in England. Eudoria teaches her daughter every school subject, however unconventional, and how to fend for herself.
The Dating Project
Rose Pacatte, FSP
May 14, 2020
Young people have forgotten how to date responsibly. Boston College’s Dr. Kerry Cronin sought to change that. A documentary—and a nationwide conversation—soon followed.
Culture: Film Reviews
Rose Pacatte, FSP
March 27, 2020
The Call of the Wild
Set in the 1890s, the film centers on Buck, a large St. Bernard-Scotch Collie mix, who has the run of his owner’s mansion in Santa Clara, California. The excitement for the Yukon gold rush is in full steam. The way to get to the Yukon gold fields is through Skagway, Alaska.
Film Reviews with Sister Rose
Rose Pacatte, FSP
February 26, 2020
Bombshell
In August 2015, Fox newscaster Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) becomes ill as she prepares to moderate the Republican debate. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow), who favors conspiracy theories, thinks she may have been poisoned. Kelly is criticized after asking then-candidate Donald J. Trump about his past sexist remarks and if a man of his temperament should be elected president. He begins to tweet insulting remarks about her—and others follow suit.
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