by Cathleen Falsani | Jul 7, 2011 | News
(RNS) St. Patrick’s tooth. Justin Bieber’s hair clippings. The bloodstained gloves that Mary Todd Lincoln carried to Ford’s Theatre. What do they have in common? They are relics—prized keepsakes, preserved because of their association with significant people and...
by Cathleen Falsani | May 31, 2011 | News
LOS ANGELES (RNS) Terrence Malick’s new film, “Tree of Life,” is nearly indescribable. Not because its beauty or virtuosity are beyond words, although it has its moments. “Tree of Life,” which opens on Friday (May 27), is iconoclastic, its plot nonlinear, constructed...
by Cathleen Falsani | May 11, 2011 | News
(RNS) “Thor,” a thoroughly entertaining and surprisingly funny thrill ride of a movie, is the kind of cinematic legend where the only word that truly seems to fit is “epic.” Director Kenneth Branagh, best known for bringing Shakespearean classics such as “Henry V” and...
by Cathleen Falsani | Apr 29, 2011 | News
(RNS) So, according to the long-form birth certificate released by the White House on Wednesday (April 27), Barack Hussein Obama II was born at 7:24 p.m. on Aug. 4, 1961 at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital, 6085 Kalanianaole Highway, Oahu, Honolulu,...
by Cathleen Falsani | Apr 8, 2011 | News
(RNS) In its new Sunday night series, “The Borgias,” Showtime has found the magic combination for ultimate crowd appeal in a scintillating soap opera about a bad-boy pope. “The Borgias” follows the quasi-historic story of the Spanish noble family who, with the ascent...
