Pauline Media Studies

Film & TV Reviews

Examined through diverse lenses – human, artistic, religious

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...

Voodoo Macbeth – Highlighting Diversity

There have been many stage performances of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” over the centuries but perhaps none in recent history was...

Mother Teresa: No Greater Love – Jesus in Every Person

I’m probably pretty average when it comes to knowing about Saint Mother Teresa. I’ve read some of her spiritual...

The Rings of Power – The Light vs the Darkness

I am excited about the new series The Rings of Power based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the...