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by David February 11, 2013

THE PLOT
“Incorporating themes from horror films of both the ’50s and the ’70s, this suspenseful TV movie stars Cornel Wilde and Jennifer Salt as an archaeologist and his daughter, who discover a strange skull on display at a roadside…

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POPE TO RESIGN! NEXT GUY SURE TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, WOMEN’S ORDINATION, AND CONTRACEPTION, RIGHT?

by David February 11, 2013

Watching the coverage of the Pope’s upcoming resignation I can’t help but smile a little in thinking how this particular pontiff is going to be a teacher right up to the end. If this morning’s newscasts are any indication, the…

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Some English Coptic Icons

by David Clayton February 8, 2013

Here are some neo-Coptic icons  at the Coptic Cathedral of St George at Stevenage in England.

I discovered this by trying to get hold of pictures of art by an English-Egyptian icon painter called Fadi Mikhail. He trained at the…

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PULP CATHOLICISM

by David February 6, 2013

Yeah, I know that technically speaking Thomas Caninas up there should be an Italian breed, but I just liked the way the tonsure looked on a Scottie, so there you go.…

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Are We Higher than the Angels and Archangels?

by David Clayton February 5, 2013

It may seem an impertinence to say so, but Pope Leo the Great seems to think so
Catholics are used to the idea that Our Lady is higher than the angels, but is it true for the rest of us?…

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CUTAWAYS: LEGEND

by David February 3, 2013

Oh sure, there’s plenty of things wrong with Ridley Scott’s epic fairy tale Legend, just ask every single person on the Internet and they’ll be happy to launch into a diatribe about shallow characters and inappropriate use of modern vernacular.…

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THINGS TO COME: WORLD WAR Z

by David February 1, 2013

On Superbowl Sunday, millions of people around the world will see this trailer, and I’m guessing there are a number of them who might be left with one question…

What is this movie about?
Oh sure, I know and you…

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The Beauty (and Apparent Ugliness!) of the Human Form

by David Clayton February 1, 2013

If every person is beautiful by virtue of being human, why do some people look ugly to me? (And presumably I look ugly to some people too!)
We know objectively that man is the most beautiful of God’s creatures. Every…

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Winning the Porn Wars

by Dan Spencer February 1, 2013

Countless articles have been written over the past few years about the pornography tsunami occurring in our nation.  I regularly speak all over the nation, on Catholic television and radio on the pressing need to address this culture killer.  So…

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PULP CATHOLICISM

by David January 30, 2013

February will mark the beginning of my 7th year here at the B-Movie Catechism (I guess you can get away with anything on the Internet these days), and up until now, I haven’t really felt compelled to subject anyone to…

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