Reel Life: Movies Reviewed

In this day-after-the-Oscars edition of Catholic Answers Live, Deacon Steven Greydanus reviews the best movies of 2016, and talks with callers about the state of film in today’s culture.

Questions Covered:

• What films are you looking forward to in the upcoming year? What are your thoughts on The Shack?
• Do Catholic film critics watch the offensive movies? If you do, are you worried about the effect they will have on you?
• What is your perspective on Silence?
• The psychology teacher at my Catholic high-school wants to show Mean Girls to the students as an example of the positive and negative effects of clicks. Is this an appropriate movie for a Catholic school? 
• I’m an avid player of video games and I notice that many video games have a lot of Catholic influence. Where do we draw the line in what is sacrilegious in movies or video games?
• Do you think that Moonlight is really about the identity of the soul or is it just another movie promoting the homosexual lifestyle?

Resources Mentioned:

• Pope Pius XII’s encyclical on Motion Pictures, Radio and Television – Miranda Prorsus