DVDs to lift your viewing
Nothing to watch on television? Then try these DVDs for the best show in town.
Suspicion lurks behind the piety
Doubt
“What do you do when you’re not sure?” Father Flynn asks his Sunday congregation, and then spends the next hour or so answering the question in a film every churchgoer ought to see.
Rock of Aged
Young at Heart
Looking for a formula to revolutionize lives, no matter how old and worn down they might be?
BBC invests in a modern exorcist
The BBC has invested in a prime-time drama series in which the central character is a Vatican exorcist, played by Martin Shaw (aka Judge John Deed).
Christian drama hot at box office
Fireproof
This Christian drama with a marriage-minded message has surpassed industry expectations.
The axis of good and evil
The Dark Knight
Part of the charm of the comic book and earlier film versions of Batman was a tongue-in-cheek, even dare we say it in an Anglican magazine, slightly camp quality. Don’t expect any of that in this latest version.
'Brideshead' is beautiful but banal
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel is as much about religion as about a time and place (England between two ghastly world wars). But the religious theme, like others in the film version of Brideshead Revisited, remains superficial.
Rampant evil and not a church in sight
No Country for Old Men
You could be forgiven for checking the soles of your shoes for bloodstains as you leave this movie. It gets very squelchy underfoot as the bodies pile up.
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Beautiful but banal
Scene from Brideshead Revisited. A clash of class and religion.
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Man on the run
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Even Batman has a dark side
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'I feel good!'
The Young at Heart troupe: as diverse and contrary a bunch as any Anglican congregation.
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