Worth Watching in January and February 2012
Access: Catholic Digest
By Peggy Weber
TELEVISION & MULTIMEDIA
PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE focuses on figures and events of the American West, including Billy the Kid (Jan. 10), Custer’s Last Stand (Jan.17), Wyatt Earp (Jan. 24), and Annie Oakley and Jesse James (Jan. 31).
PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE focuses on figures and events of the American West, including Billy the Kid (Jan. 10), Custer’s Last Stand (Jan.17), Wyatt Earp (Jan. 24), and Annie Oakley and Jesse James (Jan. 31).
Busted Halo’s video series Sacraments 101 offers the basics for young adult Catholics and spiritual seekers at bustedhalo.com/sacraments101.
FILM
JOYFUL NOISE, starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, tells a fun story about a small-town choir out to win a national competition despite overwhelming odds (Jan. 13).
JOYFUL NOISE, starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, tells a fun story about a small-town choir out to win a national competition despite overwhelming odds (Jan. 13).
RED TAILS is the story of the African-American pilots in the Tuskegee training program who faced segregation during World War II (Jan. 20).
BIG MIRACLE highlights a campaign in Alaska to save a family of gray whales trapped by ice in the Arctic Circle. The film is based on a true story and stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski (Feb. 3).
STAR WARS: EPISODE I — THE PHANTOM MENACE hits the big screen in 3-D (Feb. 10).
JOURNEY 2: The MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, the sequel to the 2008 hit Journey to the Center of the Earth, features Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, and Vanessa Hudgens (Feb.10).
The documentary UNDEFEATED tells the story of the underdog football team at Manassas High School in Memphis, Tennessee who look to change their game under the guidance of a new coach (Feb. 10).
In ACT OF VALOR, an elite group of Navy SEALS embark on a worldwide manhunt to stop an attack that could kill thousands of U.S. civilians (Feb. 17).
In THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY, the animated adventure based on The Borrowers, a tiny family secretly lives beneath the floorboards of a home until the youngest child, Arrietty, is discovered. Voices include Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, and Will Arnett (Feb. 17).