I just saw this movie I originally watched from a redbox machine is online. I hope this is not some pirated version for them to have it online, most other places I looked, you had to rent it. I think "October Baby" is a good movie. Please go to link: October Baby 2012 MOVIE – gloria.tv The Story Behind "October Baby" (billygraham.org) I think the plot is, is that the abortion survivor goes to meet her mother who aborted her, something like that. ------------------------- "To Be A Soldier" which I mentioned earlier can be hard to find on that tubitv. Watch To Be a Soldier (2018) - Free Movies | Tubi (tubitv.com) This is a trailer for the movie, not the complete one below. It touches on war, it touches on ISIS, one main character is from the UK who goes to the Middle East looking for his sister who is in the custody of ISIS, sort of an ISIS bride....I think it is very well done. I gather the film company has not done that much since the movie was released but it is one of my favorites, it's sort of an adventure and action movie vs. being an outright war movie. I think T.L. Bridger may have served over there, he's the American soldier. The other star's last name is Dufour, his family is all over the credits of the film, writing it I think and so on. I am amazed that they could have made such a good movie as an independent company. I like this one more than many Hollywood-type movies.
For the first time in a very long time, was able to sit down and watch some of the movies you suggested. Watched To Be A Soldier today - slow movie at first but by the end was bawling me eyes out! Then watched The Mighty Macs - definitely a feel good movie and did enjoy watching it. thanks for the suggestions! Keep them coming!
How the Vatican could ever put "Francesco" with Mickey Rourke on their list of films in 1995, I have no idea. I stumbled on the "Decent Films" website lately, the author has written for the National Catholic Register (NCR). He is still an active writer. Vatican's list of films - Wikipedia Francesco (1989) - Decent Films (read the review first, then, if one wants to see the movie, "Francesco" is at tubitv, I saw it year ago. I don't think it's too good but you know, different strokes). By a female Italian dirrector, Liliana Cavani - Wikipedia It should never have found itself on the list of Vatican movies for religioun and again, in 1995 is when the list came out, during the time of Pope JPII. I don't recommend it and I find it a bit offensive. There are definitely as this critic points out, well-made inspirational movies on St. Francis of Assisi. Here he mentions St. Vincent dePaul in the movie "Monsieur Vincent", he calls him Vincent de Paul is rightly considered the father of organized charity. If Francis of Assisi sparked a spiritual revolution by gathering men and women together and teaching them to live as beggars, Vincent de Paul sparked another revolution five centuries later by gathering men and women together and teaching them to feed and shelter beggars in an organized way. His work is carried on today not only by the orders he founded, such as the Sisters of Charity, but in a way by every soup kitchen and homeless shelter. Monsieur Vincent expresses concern for the poor without romanticizing them, and neither lets the rich off nor turns a blind eye to their failings and responsibilities. No class or subset of society is spared or forgotten; no one is beyond criticism, or beyond hope and charity. If there is one film that most resonates with Pope Francis’ characteristic themes, it may be Monsieur Vincent. (Pixar’s Wall-E might be a close second.) “Franciscan” movies for Pope Francis’ US visit - Decent Films So, I don't think we should underestimate what SVDP did in caring for the poor, heck, he lived 400, 500 years ago and yet, there are a lot of Society of St. Vincent de Paul stores around, thanks largely to the prophet of SVDP, Frederic Ozanam: Frédéric Ozanam - Wikipedia Unfortunately, I believe the De Paul college in the US has become another brood of liberal vipers in some aspects... though, in their store via mail, I was able to pick up some of a numerous amount of books they have of St. Vincent's writings. Mary Purcell of Ireland wrote what is considered to be the standard on SVDP: From that "Decent Films" list, he reviews a movie "Mary Magdalen", maybe that movie has some pluses, it is from Harvey Weinstein's company (Weinstein in jail now). I watched a few moments on netflix, I couldn't get into it. I don't think it's a "bad" or "sacrilegious" movie as far as that goes but is still a sort of alternative religious movie. He gives it a "D+" so not overtly awful.... some time, I would like to watch it, it's hard to get into the mood for some movies. His review: Mary Magdalene (2019) - Decent Films By all means and I read a Catholic review that found some merit in the movie though, did not grade it above average. The critic review states: We’ve waited a long time for a movie to give Mary Magdalene her due. Mary Magdalene is an earnest, sporadically intriguing film, with flashes of a better film that might have been, but I’m still waiting.
More films, a winner described in this forum (see: Saint Elizabeth Seton | Mother of God (motheofgod.com) ) , made for TV movie on St. Elizabeth Ann Seton which everyone seems to say is real good: I had been reading up on her, in fact, some of her relics seemed to have just been put on display in this recent article, New Liturgical Movement: Relics of the First American Saint Also, another film, "History of the Soul" (Histoire d'une âme - Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux), this is suppose to be very good, there are English-subtitled versions and there is an English version performed on stage. A one actress show but this is in French. Rencontre planétaire - 38 - Histoire d'une âme - Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux - video Dailymotion Actually, there are too many movies to watch, I did not know there were so many religious let alone Catholic movies, youtube seems to have a movie on Padre Pio running over 3 hours long... let's see, maybe I can get that, I haven't watched it yet. So many movies actually, it seems if one spent a week watching them, one after another, there would not be enough time. Again, mentioned elsewhere, this is at formed.org , the patriots of the Vendee fought under the banner of the Sacred Heart to defend their faith. There's something about this movie where it seems all of the actors and actresses are largely teenagers and younger.
EWTN showed this one in the last week or so, I've always loved this docudrama on St. Louis de Montfort made I believe, by Montfort publications. This has been shown multiple times on that station and I found very moving. I'm not sure if the audio is ideal on this, I just saw they have it at youtube, posted in Mid-June of this year. They seemed to have recorded it straight from EWTN, this video tells you a lot about St. Louis, not sure everything but a lot of the important things. It could get pulled if there are copyright issues, I had been looking for this DVD for awhile and was having problems finding it though, I have watched it about 6 times, minimal. He died at 43, he virtually walked everywhere, wrote tons of stuff along with hymns besides his preaching, he's so fascinating. "Secret of the Rosary" and so on. If he's not a doctor of the church, why not? Walk 10 or 15 miles a day, sleep on a mat or even per the book I have on him, on the floor? "God Only", he seemed to really carry this out. Louis Marie de Montfort and the Spirituality of “Totus Tuus” - Word on Fire Jesus Living In Mary - The Life Of St Louis Marie De Montfort
IMHO, the actress who plays Lucia in both of the famous "Fatima" movies do not really look like Lucia. Those two actresses, well, they are different, in the recent version she is photogenic, in the first movie, "Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima", that actress is very charming, I'm not sure what became of her... but.... I know little about this movie except here is the trailer, it depicts Jacinta largely and... remarkably, I think the actress looks like Jacinta. From an outfit in the UK, I have heard nothing about this movie. Jacinta was only seven and I believe Incorrupt...(I thought at first they said she was partially incorrupt but not totally, lots to keep track of. Now, I believe she is likely full-body incorrupt) I have a close image to this Holy Card on St. Jacinta: I have seen criticism of this big screen new Fatima movie saying that it does not show Our Lady standing on the tree (basically)... I did not note that watching the original but may go through it again some time. Something like this: Mary's Dowry Productions Original Catholic Films and Music on DVD (marysdowryproductions.org) Some years ago, I went into a store in Minneapolis, it was all mystical-types of Catholic books, books on apparitions and so on. It might still be there.
It's hard to find out much on Susan Whitney who played Lucia in "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" but one can see that the 1952 movie does show Our Lady standing on the "Holm Oak" tree... I wonder if that particular tree still lives. The apparition starts a little into 2 minutes: Susan Whitney is still with us, I don't think she ever did much acting besides that movie, a little bit. She seemed very talented. Though, there are parts in this next movie that would not qualify it as being a "straight-forward" Catholic movie, to me, it certainly takes a spiritual type of ride. Sean Penn and yes, Robert Deniro are two escaped convicts who end up masquerading as two priests in the movie "We're no angels". I might be in the minority, but I thought it was very good. It portrays the Church very much as it was in the 1920s/1930s type of era I think... the clips don't do the movie as a whole justice.
I’m sorry I can’t and will not watch a Robert DiNero movie - I can’t see past him to see his character anymore
I guess I can see saying that about Deniro, I don't really watch his movies but I first saw that movie about 25 years ago.
yes I understand I used to really enjoy watching the movies he was in and used to have a small crush on him after watching Godfather 2. Now... I have a very difficult time watching any movie made with Hollywood actors. But keep the movie suggestions coming! Your like my own personal Siskel and Eibert
DeNiro in fact, had a party for the president of Cuba: Serial Trump Defamer Robert De Niro Threw Party Honoring Stalinist Cuba’s Regime by Humberto Fontova (townhall.com) Sean Penn is real leftwing too, once I heard someone discuss it and they said that was because his father is real leftist. However it is, I'm not that big of a fan of these guys, maybe they are okay from time to time AS actors in these movies.
I already had TUBI downloaded on my Roku. It's a free channel with a good array movies and TV shows all for FREE. I checked, and TO BE A SOLDIER (2018 - inspired by true events) is there. I will be watching it this weekend or sooner.
Watch Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996 - Free Movies | Tubi (tubitv.com) I'd plug another movie already mentioned in this thread, "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story", at times humorous, it opens up with Day in a woman's Suffragette March and there is a minor riot going on, this is the 1910s, there clothing really is very beautiful I thought, when one sees pictures for back then. It is a "Paulist movie"... Paulist Productions really do have a movie studio in Southern California. They have made movies shown on Hallmark, and so on. Paulist Productions - Wikipedia Dorothy Day on wikipedia gets lumped into the "Anarchy" movement. I do see how she was outside of conventionality as far as that goes. Dorothy Day - Wikipedia So, the movie is made by Catholics, I've heard criticisms that the movie did not co0ver other aspects of her life and I get that. She's suppose to have written a book that it sounds like is sort of like the "dark night of the soul" which from my understanding is going through a sort of spiritual desert. Understanding the 'Dark Night of the Soul' (catholiceducation.org) It's suppose to be a good book, it sounds like one could make a lot out of all of her adventures and life. A cause for her Sainthood has been opened up. Early in the movie, the famous playwright Eugene O'Neil is seen, apparently, that sort of "Bohemian" culture was already in New York City back then. Martin Sheen plays a real life sort of preacher who did influence Day, a bit of a mentor. So, should the forum be susceptible to attacks, this is something to do in the meantime.
Regarding Dorothy Day ... I must admit to having mixed feelings about religious "social activists." There are times to speak up or even ACT (like Dietrich Bonhoeffer), but how easily can this become a point of believing humans are in control (or should be) instead of God? Or forgetting to trust in God, and thinking "I / we must handle this"? My Protestant upbringing was NON-political, and simply "Watch and pray." I now find this especially wise, as that policy hasn't enabled Marxists to get a foothold in that denom. Not my intention to start an argument; simply stating a concern.
I don't know how "active" Day was politically, in those days and especially in the Great Depression, she helped feed and shelter the poor. That's all I get from the movie on that. In fact, oddly enough, she claims: Dorthy Day: The Suffragette who Never Voted! (clonline.org) So, helping the poor is our Christian duty but I don't know enough about all of her views. I wish to know more on her.
One has to be careful with Day, people can use things she said for their own cause. Usually, that's probably for the left but note this: Dorothy Day - Wikipedia Social Security opposition[edit] Day was opposed to Social Security. In the Catholic Worker, February 1945, she wrote: Samuel Johnson said that a pensioner was a slave of the state. That is his definition in his famous dictionary. Of course, he himself was glad of his pension, human nature being what it is, and poverty being hard as it is. We believe that social security legislation, now billed as a great victory for the poor and for the worker, is a great defeat for Christianity. It is an acceptance of the idea of force and compulsion. It is an acceptance of Cain’s statement on the part of the employer. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Since the employer can never be trusted to give a family wage, nor take care of the worker as he takes care of his machine when it is idle, the state must enter in and compel help on his part. Of course, economists say that business cannot afford to act on Christian principles. It is impractical, uneconomic. But it is generally coming to be accepted that such a degree of centralization as ours is impractical and that there must be decentralization. In other words, business has made a mess of things, and the state has had to enter in to rescue the worker from starvation.[99] Day's argument preceded the view of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued that welfare emasculated African American males.[100]Anyway, it's just interesting to see what makes people tick. And it's just a movie rather than being an endorsement of political views, the wikipedia article reads she visited the Soviet Union, etc. etc. I don't like all I read on her in that article. And this from the article: Sexual morality[edit] In September 1963, Day discussed pre-marital sex in her column, warning against those who portrayed it as a form of freedom: "The wisdom of the flesh is treacherous indeed." She described herself as "a woman who must think in terms of the family, the need of the child to have both mother and father, who believes strongly that the home is the unit of society" and wrote that:[127] When sex is treated lightly, as a means of pleasure ... it takes on the quality of the demonic, and to descend into this blackness is to have a foretaste of hell. ...There is no such thing as seeing how far one can go without being caught, or how far one can go without committing mortal sin. So, some of what I see I like, some of it that I know from her views, I don't like at all. I take the good and the bad.
Preconversionshe was very much the socialist-- very political. But her conversion was so powerful and so consuming that she became like St Vincent DePaul. She was absolutely anti communist. Sadly many who joined her were Marxists. She never veered from devout practice of the faith and lived in poverty with the poor. The book is well worth reading.
Just in case anyone wants to see "The way" (of St. James, "Santiago de Compostela")... Gloria TV does have it. The Way (2010) – gloria.tv Free.... I'd give it an A, that was really good in my view. Very informative. In town, a young man died in Rome, he was around some I gather, rich man's house and got shot and killed, I kind of relate to the plot in "The Way", I know it was and is acclaimed as a very good movie.
