THE GOLDEN COMPASS and Catholic Censors
Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter in The Golden Compass
Via Tim Drake’s "U.S. Bishops Withdraw Controversial Movie Review" in the National Catholic Register:
"’The aggressively anti-religious, anti-Christian undercurrent in The Golden Compass is unmistakable and at times undisguised,’ [Denver Archbishop Charles] Chaput wrote in a column in the Dec. 12 issue of the Denver Catholic Register. ‘The wicked Mrs. Coulter alludes approvingly to a fictional version of the doctrine of original sin. When a warrior Ice Bear — one of the heroes of the story — breaks into the local Magisterium headquarters to take back the armor stolen from him, the exterior walls of the evil building are covered with Eastern Christian icons. And for Catholics in our own world, of [...]
by Andre Soares | December 18, 2007
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Tags: Censorship, Charles Chaput, Chris Weitz, Dakota Blue Richards, Fantasy Movies, Harry Forbes, John Mulderig, Nicole Kidman, Religion, The Golden Compass
ABOUT A BOY – Hugh Grant
About a Boy (2002)
Director: Chris and Paul Weitz
Screenplay: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Peter Hedges; from Nick Hornby’s novel
Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz
"No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
With the above statement, seventeenth-century English writer John Donne reached beyond the apparent [...]
by Andre Soares | September 16, 2004
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Tags: About a Boy, Chris Weitz, Film Reviews, Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Nick Hornby, Oscar 2002, Oscar Movies, Paul Weitz, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collette
