Culture
Cutting the cord: A la carte TV on the way, but not to cable
Someone has built a better mousetrap in a new service called Sling, which lets fed-up cable television customers cut out the cable middle man. They can watch TV on their computer, and choose from various package options.
Costner’s role molds ‘McFarland, USA’ into a winner
The movie about youthful underdogs pitted against the odds honors the main characters' strong marriage and the bonds uniting the other close-knit clans it portrays. The strong faith-and-family values make the film a winner.
Our top 10 + 10 movies of the year
Before they hand out the Oscars for best film performances, see our picks for the 10 best movies and 10 best family films. Then see how they stack up with the Academy's picks, and yours.
Descendants of Holocaust survivors offer moving spiritual reflections
Catholic readers will be taken into the collection "God, Faith & Identity From the Ashes" and deeply into themselves, finding spiritual nourishment in the continuing faith of descendants of Jewish survivors of the Shoah and their determination to affirm their Jewishness and to dedicate their lives to helping others.
Movie review: Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Heeding neither logic nor taste, "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" (Paramount) is as glaringly stupid as it is vile.
‘Timbuktu’ film provides models for withstanding oppression
"Timbuktu" (Cohen Media Group) offers one of the most gently lyrical and original portrayals of withstanding tyranny ever shown.
New-breed British knights look hip, but turn gruesome
The suave but excessively violent "Kingsman: The Secret Service" is an amusing sendup of classic espionage movies but becomes too awash in blood.
Spiritual memoir traces academic’s path from atheist to Catholic
Holly Ordway, author of "Not God's Type," was a well-educated English professor who dismissed belief in God as so much superstition.
Movie review: Fifty Shades of Grey
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Perverse" might be a more fitting title for the unusually explicit bedroom drama "Fifty Shades of Grey" (Universal).
‘Whiplash’ crosses the line with abuse-as-education storyline
The acclaimed movie is to music education what "Mommie Dearest" is to parenting. When the teacher slaps his student to keep tempo and sadistically breaks down his psyche, the film about education turns into something dark and disturbing.