Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

It’s been a few years since we’ve done an overview of the Oscar-nominated short films. Although I didn’t get...

The Confession Musical – Searching for Connection

When a young Amish woman discovers a long-held secret, her life takes an unexpected turn and opens her world...

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Fantasy at its best

The story of Pinocchio is a familiar one for most of us. We learned from the wooden puppet who...

My Father Muhammad Ali – Hope in Dark Times

One would suspect that a film entitled, My Father Muhammad Ali, would be about Muhammad Ali from his child’s...

Children of the Mist – Childhood’s End

The new documentary from Vietnamese filmmaker, HÀ Lệ Diễm, Children of the Mist, transports the viewer to the fog-shrouded...

The Whale – A Call for Compassion in the Face of Human Suffering

There has been tons of buzz about Brendan Fraser’s “performance of a lifetime” in the new film, The Whale....

Good Night, Oppy – The Drive to Know

Think for a moment, if you will, of the many inventions or discoveries that have improved human life over...

Devotion – Rising Above

Stories of those who lived, not for themselves, but for others can have great influence in this time when...

200 Meters – A Father’s Love

The wall that divides the West Bank between the Palestinian and Israeli territories plays a major role in a...

Prophet – Dogged Perseverance

I’m guessing that many Catholics in the United States are unfamiliar with the life story of Blessed Cardinal Stefan...

Black Adam – Sparks of Hope

The latest offering from the DC comics movie universe explores the darkness that anyone can experience when facing betrayal,...

First Responders – Honoring the Sacrifice with Gratitude

I learned as a child that if I was in trouble or there was an emergency to pick up...