Family-Faith Film Review: Legend of the Guardians By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole—3D animated adventure in which, after being kidnapped and enslaved by a force of militaristic owls led by a scheming queen (voice of Helen Mirren), a plucky owlet (voice […]

Family-Faith Film Review: You Again By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting You Again—Grown-ups find it hard to leave the dramas — and traumas — of their teen years behind in director Andy Fickman’s entertaining multigenerational comedy about family, forgiveness, and second chances. A twenty-something ex-geek (Kristen Bell) who has […]

By Kari Patterson, Oregon blogger KariPatterson.com I’m continuing my adventure through Richard Stearn’s book, The Hole in our Gospel. It is ripping me to shreds, in the best way possible. Every time I read it I want to run outside and knock on doors and wave the book around like […]

Family-Faith Review: The Devil By Catholic Film and Broadcasting Devil—Rapidly fizzling horror entry in which Satan stalks an elevator stuck between floors in a Philadelphia high-rise. Director John Erick Dowdle, working from a story by M. Night Shyamalan, puts reliable scream queen Bojana Novakovic and a handful of other riders […]

Everyone wants to help the homeless, but if the help comes in the form of a shelter and in a place located in your neighborhood then people begin getting second thoughts. Seattle is experiencing this debate with the decision of a local Lutheran Church deciding to use its building as […]

Michael Moore defends Ground Zero Mosque plan By Oregon Report Faith News Note: The controversy behind the New York Ground Zero Mosque may not be over as liberal filmmaker Michael Moore has decided to enter into the debate in full defense of the mosque according to Arab News.  Moore’s used […]

Nun feud erupts in Spokane Oregon Faith Report News Note:  Police are investigating a report of theft of money, goods and records between nuns at two Spomane convents.  Adding to the conflict are allegations of slander and harassment.  Even criticism has been directed at teh police on how tehy handle […]

New Survey: Less than 1-in-5 Support Fox News host Glenn Beck as Religious Leader — Survey points to potential religious tensions between Beck and supporters WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following the rally where Fox News television host Glenn Beck called for a religious renewal in America, less than 1-in-5 (17%) Americans believe Glenn […]

Easy-A Movie Review: The Best Anti-Christian Film of the Year! By Beaver Believer, Oregon Writer Easy-A is a film that takes a modern day high school twist on the Scarlet Letter but takes the premise of moral Puritanism to the extreme.   Christian teens in Easy-A viewed as the primary villains […]

Family-Faith Film Review: The Town By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting The Town—Seamy heist drama in which a failed pro hockey player-turned-underworld-thief (Ben Affleck) first stalks, then falls for, a bank manager (Rebecca Hall). He and his cohorts (most prominently Jeremy Renner) fear she could identify them, despite the […]