Luister naar Checking the Gate Podcast

THE END IS NOW UPON US! At least for the podcast in this medium.  After nine years of audio podcasts, Mike and I are going to make the jump to video reviews.  We aren't leaving, just changing form.  So in the meantime we hope you enjoy this last podcast, in which we do what we said we would never do. We review the third and hopefully last movie in the "God's Not Dead" franchise. Then we take a look at the HBO seriesThe Righteous Gemstones. See you on the other side!

THE END IS NIGH! At least for the hero of this month's movie review,The Shack,starring Sam Worthington of Avatar fame.He's back from Pandora (not really) and has an encounter with God as he goes after the killer of his daughter (yes, really). And in TV Corner, we examine a show which seems to have its own sub-genre: that of the mystery solving priest.  "Cadfael" and "Father Dowling Mysteries" are two examples of this, but we will be examining the British offering "Father Brown," starring Mark Williams ofHarry Potterfame. Look for some dynamic changes soon in the CTGPodcast!

Hello! It's been a while, and I know you've missed us.  We review a quality movie and TV show for you toady, to make up for the long absence. We have acclaimed indie filmFirst Reformedand hit CBS show "God Friended Me." Look for some more exciting news in the future, we have big plans for the next step of the podcast.

Nuns are fascinating. Through the years, so many movies and TV shows have drawn inspiration from their lives, from the sublime (The Nun's Story) to the ridiculous ("The Flying Nun").  Our selections fall widely along that spectrum but, all of them are recent, having been released in that last few years.  First up, is the comedyThe Little Hours and the dramaNovitiate.We follow those movies with the melodramatic BBC show "Call the Midwife" and the Netflix true-crime docu-series "The Keepers." The Decameron [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron] NovitiateCatholic News review [http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/novitiate.cfm] NovitiateIMDb reviews [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4513316/reviews?ref_=tt_urv] Priest's DNA Not A Match [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/05/17/exhumed-priests-dna-doesnt-match-evidence-in-case-of-sister-cathy-slaying-from-1969/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5690fdc58f16] We look at more recently released media next month, with the new Ethan Hawk effortFirst Reformedand the popular CBS series "God Friended Me"

What was Fred Rogers most scandelous secret? The docudrama at the heart of today's podcast,Won't You Be My Neighbor?, delves into this provocative question and other details from Fred Rogers' life.  (Apparently, the most scandelous thing he did was give a generation a sense of entitlement because he taught them that everyone was special!) We also take a trip down memory lane and recall some of our favorite episodes of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," of which many episode can be found streaming on Amazon Prime. The movie is now available for streaming and on Blu-Ray or DVD. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Episode Guide [http://www.neighborhoodarchive.com/mrn/] Mister Rogers' Nieghborhood on Amazon Prime [https://www.amazon.com/Mister-Rogers-Neighborhood-Volume-1/dp/B004BZG1MG] Won't You Be My Neighbor? Official Site [http://www.focusfeatures.com/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/] Seeing that the new horror filmThe Nun is in theaters, we decided NOT to review that movie.  Insead we will look at some other movies about sisters of faith, including the 2017 filmNoviciate and the comedyThe Little Hours.Carrying on the theme in TV corner, we'll look at the British show "Call the Midwife" and the Netflix original "The Keepers." So come back next time, you'll have thing you'll want to talk about. We...will...too!