Jim McDermott, S.J., reviews the big, bad "Wolf of Wall Street," up for five Oscars at this Sunday's Academy Awards.

The big screen has a strange relationship with abortion. The oft-made claim that Hollywood advances a liberal social agenda doesn’t hold much water when it comes to the prochoice cause. While sex, drugs and alternative lifestyles abound, when it comes to unplanned pregnancies, more often

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says, “It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that makes him impure; it is what comes out of his mouth” (15:2). Violet Weston, the central character in the film August: Osage County has been popping a huge amount of pills into her mouth for

John Anderson reviews “American Hustle,” nominated for best picture in the weekend's Academy Awards.

Looking for the spirit of Langston Hughes in 'Black Nativity'

‘The Unbelievers’ follows two superstars of neo-atheism: Richard Dawkins and Larry Krauss.