Catholic Bishops at the Movies

Of course, the fact is that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops never reviews movies, even if movie reviews are published in their name. Staff writers watch the movies and write the reviews without submitting them to any bishops for re-review. Why, one wonders? Why should movies be reviewed by bishops (or in their name) in the first place? Is it to suggest that some movies should not be watched and some should, based on moral content? Evidently not, as this article shows–the reviewers (who liked “The Golden Compass” and “Brokeback Mountain”) seem to have a unique sense of what constitutes “morally grounded” films.