Becket: The Bishop Who Found God
Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Photo: Paramount When I told a friend recently that I had just seen Becket and that Richard Burton plays the Archbishop of Canterbury, he quickly…
Vicar of Dibley: The Gospel of Geraldine
Dawn French. Photo: BBC In 1994, there weren't many female vicars in Britain. For the Church of England, the subject was touchy. When The Vicar of Dibley premiered, featuring Dawn…
Ben-Hur: The Gospel of Judah
Charlton Heston. Photo: MGM The kind of film that starts with a five-minute overture, Ben-Hur is about as classic a 1950s Hollywood blockbuster as they come. Burt Lancaster was reportedly…
The Godfather III: Mea Maxima Culpa
Andy García and Al Pacino. Photo: Paramount If you are a die-hard fan of the Godfather films you are supposed to hate the third one, but I find that very…
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Philip Lamont (Richard Burton) starts investigating what happened to Father Merrin (Max von Sydow); Regan (Linda Blair) survived his exorcism, but the demon remains inside of her. This sequel…
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), an attorney, is assigned a case where a Catholic priest (Tom Wilkinson) faces negligent homicide charges after a failed exorcism. This reality-based story tries to merge…
The Exorcist: Touched by a Demon
Linda Blair. Photo: Warner Today it may be hard to understand the impact The Exorcist had on people upon its release in 1973. The film followed in the footsteps of…
Chariots of Fire: For God and Honor
Photo: Allied Stars I have taken up running recently and discovered that it is easy to get hooked. It’s tough in the beginning but some days it is as if…
The Omen
Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber), the American ambassador to Britain, begins to suspect that his five-year-old son could be the anti-Christ. This remake of the 1976 classic uses the color red…
The Omen: Arrival of the Antichrist
Lee Remick. Photo: 20th Century Fox In 1973, The Exorcist had been a tremendous hit and came to spawn copies throughout the 1970s. The most successful of these diabolical films…