by Ryan Birjoo, SJ | Jan 24, 2020 | Art, Film, Gender, Pop Culture, Topics ~ Approx. 3 mins
Love. Betrayal. Forgiveness. Death. These themes occur in Greta Gerwig’s recent adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Moving between past and present, Gerwig shows us the joys and struggles of four sisters as they navigate adolescence and adulthood. Raised...
by Matt Stewart, SJ | Jan 17, 2020 | In the News, Justice, Pop Culture, Sports, Topics, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
I hate cheaters. I mean, don’t we all? And the Houston Astros cheated. We knew that back in November, but this week’s suspensions of Jeff Luhnow and A.J. Hinch (Astros general manager and manager, respectively) handed down by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred catapults the...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Dec 13, 2019 | Film, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
[This article contains spoilers.] Americans are fascinated by dramas about the British aristocracy, and even more so by the British royal house, the Windsors. Some of the reasons for that fascination are no doubt bad, particularly a nostalgia for a romanticized past...
by Sean Barry, SJ | Dec 2, 2019 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
Warning: this review contains spoilers. Last week, Frozen 2 hit the big screen. The story takes place three years after the original tale, which means the characters are more mature. Elsa has come to accept her powers and Anna is not the lovestruck teenager she was...
by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ | Nov 14, 2019 | Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 3 mins
Spoiler Alert: To those who haven’t watched the NBC show, The Good Place, and are planning to watch it one day, this article contains spoilers. If you do watch the show but aren’t fully caught up yet (at least through the beginning of the fourth season), then read on!...
