catholic-church movies

Diner (1982)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Guttenberg, Steve | Stern, Daniel | Rourke, Mickey | Bacon, Kevin | Daly, Tim | Barkin, Ellen | Reiser, Paul | Dowling, Kathryn | Tucker, Michael | James, Jessica | Blonigan, Colette | Kipp, Kelle | Aquino, John | Pierson, Richard | Cron, Claudia
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.

Wind That Shakes the Barley, The (2006)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | War
Countries: France | Germany | Ireland | Italy | Spain | UK
Actors: Murphy, Cillian | Delaney, Padraic | Cunningham, Liam | Kearney, Gerard | Ruane, William | Aherne, Kieran | Allam, Roger | Barry, Laurence | Bourke, Frank | Burke, Fergus | Byrne, Antony | Charnock, Tom | Crean, John | de Cógáin, Máirtín | Dunphy, Keith
Directors: Loach, Ken
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Ireland, 1920. Damien and Teddy are brothers. But while the latter is already the leader of a guerrilla squad fighting for the independence of his motherland, Damien, a medical student at University College, would rather finish his training at the London hospital where he has found a place. However, shortly before his departure, he happens to witness atrocities committed by the ferocious Black and Tans and finally decides to join the resistance group led by Teddy. The two brothers fight side by side until a truce is signed. But peace is short-lived and when England imposes a treaty regarded unfair by a part of the population war resumes, this time pitting Irishmen against Irishmen, brothers against brothers, Teddy against Damien…

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Horror | War
Countries: France | Italy
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Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944, four dignitaries round up sixteen perfect specimens of youth and take them together with guards, servants and studs to a palace near Marzabotto. In addition, there are four middle-aged women: three of whom recount arousing stories whilst the fourth accompanies on the piano. The story is largely taken up with their recounting the stories of Dante and De Sade: the Circle of Manias, the Circle of Shit and the Circle of Blood. Following this, the youths are executed whilst each libertine takes his turn as voyeur.

Exorcist, The (1973)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Burstyn, Ellen | von Sydow, Max | Miller, Jason | Cobb, Lee J. | Winn, Kitty | MacGowran, Jack | Blair, Linda | O'Malley, Reverend William | Heyman, Barton | Masterson, Peter | Schündler, Rudolf | Petrushka, Gina | Symonds, Robert | Storch, Arthur | Bermingham, Reverend Thomas
Directors: Friedkin, William
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Blatty’s novelization of a real case of possession that happened in a Washington Suburb (Mt. Ranier, MD) puts Regan, an adolescent girl, Living with her mother in Georgetown in Washington, into a more and more difficult situation. She exhibits strange symptoms, including levitation and great strength. When all medical possibilities are exhausted, her mother is sent to a priest who is also a psychiatrist. He becomes convinced that Regan is possessed and he and a second priest experienced in exorcism try to drive the spirit from Regan before she dies. Very graphic for its time.

Daredevil (2003)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Affleck, Ben | Garner, Jennifer | Farrell, Colin | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Favreau, Jon | Terra, Scott | Pompeo, Ellen | Pantoliano, Joe | Orser, Leland | Loftin, Lennie | Avari, Erick | O'Connor, Derrick | Ben-Victor, Paul | Keith, David | Allison, Frankie J.
Directors: Johnson, Mark Steven
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Fate deals young orphan Matt Murdock a strange hand when he is doused with hazardous waste. The accident leaves Matt blind but also gives him a heightened “radar sense” that allows him to “see” far better than any man. Years later Murdock has grown into a man and becomes a respected criminal attorney. But after he’s done his “day job” Matt takes on a secret identity as “The Man Without Fear,” Daredevil, the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen and New York City to combat the injustice that he cannot tackle in the courtroom.

Schindler’s List (1993)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Löwensohn, Elina | Neeson, Liam | Kingsley, Ben | Fiennes, Ralph | Goodall, Caroline | Sagall, Jonathan | Davidtz, Embeth | Gebel, Malgoscha | Levy, Shmuel | Ivanir, Mark | Macola, Béatrice | Seweryn, Andrzej | von Thun, Friedrich | Luft, Krzysztof | Nehring, Harry | Weisser, Norbert
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us.

Hush (1998)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Lineback, Richard | Lange, Jessica | Paltrow, Gwyneth | Schaech, Johnathon | Nina Foch | Mazar, Debi
Directors: Jonathan Darby
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Helen is the young girlfriend of good-looking Jackson Baring. When Helen gets pregnant and marries Jackson, they decide to move to his hometown, Kilronan, and have a baby there. But his mother Martha, who lives there, starts to do weird things, and obviously she’s not too friendly to Helen.

From Hell (2001)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | UK | USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Holm, Ian | Richardson, Ian | Flemyng, Jason | Coltrane, Robbie | Graham, Heather | Cartlidge, Katrin | Harvey, Terence | Lynch, Susan
Directors: Аllen Hughes | Albert Huges
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It is 1888 in London, and the unfortunate poor lead horrifying lives in the city’s deadliest slum, Whitechapel. Harassed by gangs and forced to walk the streets for a living, Mary Kelly and her small group of companions trudge on through this daily misery, their only consolation being that things can’t get any worse. Yet things somehow do when their friend Ann is kidnapped and they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Polly, and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one. Sinister even by Whitechapel standards, the murder grabs the attention of Inspector Fred Abberline, a brilliant yet troubled man whose police work is often aided by his psychic abilities. Abberline becomes deeply involved with the case, which takes on personal meaning to him when he and Mary begin to fall in love. But as he gets closer to the truth Whitechapel becomes more and more dangerous for Abberline, Mary, and the other girls. Whoever is responsible for the grisly acts is not going to give up his secret without a fight….will they be able to survive the avenging force that has been sent after them from hell?

Sound of Music, The (1965)

Friday, March 12th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Andrews, Julie | Plummer, Christopher | Haydn, Richard | Wood, Peggy | Lee, Anna | Nelson, Portia | Wright, Ben | Truhitte, Daniel | Varden, Norma | Nixon, Marni | Stuart, Gilchrist | Baker, Evadne | Lloyd, Doris | Carr, Charmian | Hammond, Nicholas
Directors: Wise, Robert
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Captain Baron von Trapp is a widowed ex-naval officer with seven children who serve only to remind him of his deceased wife. The Von Trapp home is thus turned into a gloomy place of order and discipline, until the arrival of a new governess: Frauline Marie who is from a nearby Salzburg abbey. Marie shows the Von Trapp children the miracle of the Sound of Music, and teaches them how to sing. Captain von Trapp’s heart opens up to feelings he had forgotten and he and Marie fall in love. Marie and Georg von Trapp are married, only to have their world brought down around them by the 1938 Anschluss of Austria, where Nazi Germany takes control of the country and demands that Captain von Trapp assume a position in the German Navy.

Blues Brothers, The (1980)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Genres: Action | Comedy | Music | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Belushi, John | Aykroyd, Dan | Brown, James | Calloway, Cab | Charles, Ray | Franklin, Aretha | Cropper, Steve | Dunn, Donald | Dunne, Murphy | Hall, Willie | Malone, Tom | Marini, Lou | Murphy, Matt | Rubin, Alan | Fisher, Carrie
Directors: Landis, John
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their “mission from god” they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?