Pirates of the Caribbean, Part 1

In our family, Memorial Day weekend is Ship Weekend. We watch tall ship movies. As I recall, one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies probably opened over a Memorial Day […]

Twitter Grab Bag

1) Juicy find this morning: Saruman sings heavy metal. #ineedgimmegimme 2) From a day or two ago I bookmarked this article on scientist priests throughout history. Besides listing Jesuits like Lemaitre, […]

Fan Fiction Becomes Legal

Yo. To make the title to this post more accurate: it will soon be legal for fan fiction authors to make money off their work with the help of Amazon.com, […]

FYI: The Great Gatsby

I want to bring an article to your attention. This is a review of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, but also a commentary on the film’s popularity among Millennials. The film, […]

Catholics and the Prime Directive

Let’s say that you’re a Catholic living in the Star Trek universe. Specifically, you’re on the U.S.S. Enterprise during the opening scene of the new movie, Star Trek Into Darkness. The […]

DERP

Yo. As you may already know, we here at Saint Carnival use a method of film analysis we call the Enneagram. Since this system is potentially difficult to understand — […]