Raise your hand if you have heard of 2016’s action-thriller The Take? If your hand is up, congratulations and thank you for playing along, unnecessarily. If not, then maybe its… Read more “The Take, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Author: Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.
Greetings! If you are wondering why the funny robes, it is because I have a Ph.D. in American History from Loyola University Chicago. While there, I wrote my dissertation on Catholics in film. With this blog I intend to bring my Catholic perspective to current film content.
Here, by Albert W. Vogt III
When I was nine years old, my dad told me our family was moving. I did not take this news well. In this tiny subdivision of unincorporated West Chicago… Read more “Here, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Smile 2, by Cameron J. Czaja
I am not sure if I said this before on The Legionnaire, but I’ll repeat it just in case. You know how when you see a movie trailer… Read more “Smile 2, by Cameron J. Czaja”
Too Hot to Handle, by Albert W. Vogt III
As a practicing Catholic, a title like Too Hot to Handle (1938) gives me pause. This is, of course, a result of me living in the twenty-first century and not… Read more “Too Hot to Handle, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Moby Dick, by Albert W. Vogt III
One of the jokes I remember being told by the old man I used to live with when I first met him goes like this: They call… Read more “Moby Dick, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Salt, by Albert W. Vogt III
What we used to call the Annual Pastoral Appeal (APA) here in my diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida, has now been changed to the Catholic Ministry Appeal… Read more “Salt, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Spectacular Now, by Albert W. Vogt III
You might not think a movie called The Spectacular Now (2013) is a tragedy. After all, and apologies for spoiling the ending so soon, it does have a happy conclusion. It… Read more “The Spectacular Now, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Young in Heart, by Albert W. Vogt III
An age-old theme in many a Hollywood Production is whether people can change. Can the bad become good or vice versa? Faith has a simple answer to this question:… Read more “The Young in Heart, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Venom: The Last Dance, by Albert W. Vogt III
How serious do you think Marvel is with the subtitle in Venom: The Last Dance? Is it an indication of what audiences have been suggesting with their patronage, or… Read more “Venom: The Last Dance, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Another Thin Man, by Albert W. Vogt III
Life, at times, can be misleading. We can be especially out of sorts if we do not look to God for, as the Lord’s Prayer puts it, “our… Read more “Another Thin Man, by Albert W. Vogt III”
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