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Rose Pacatte, FSP

Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, is a Daughter of St. Paul. She has an MA in Media Studies from the university of London and a Certificate in Pastoral Communication from the University of Dayton. She is a media literacy education specialist and has been the film reviewer for St. Anthony Messenger since 2003.

Film Reviews with Sister Rose

Rose Pacatte, FSP February 26, 2020

Bombshell

In August 2015, Fox newscaster Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) becomes ill as she prepares to moderate the Republican debate. Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow), who favors conspiracy theories, thinks she may have been poisoned. Kelly is criticized after asking then-candidate Donald J. Trump about his past sexist remarks and if a man of his temperament should be elected president. He begins to tweet insulting remarks about her—and others follow suit.

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Film Reviews with Sister Rose

Rose Pacatte, FSP January 29, 2020

This engaging drama, from director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Anthony McCarten, imagines the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church as never before.

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Film Reviews with Sister Rose

Rose Pacatte, FSP December 27, 2019

It is 1963, and British-born race car driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale), his wife, Mollie (Caitriona Balfe), and son, Peter (Noah Jupe), face ruin when the IRS closes his auto garage.

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Culture: Film Reviews

Rose Pacatte, FSP November 27, 2019

Just Mercy

In 1988, Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), an African American, was convicted of murdering an 18-year-old white woman. After a trial that lasted only a day and a half, he was sentenced to death. McMillian had already spent a year on death row because Sheriff Tate (Michael Harding) was convinced he was guilty even though there was no physical evidence and he had a solid alibi. His conviction was based on false testimony coerced from a career criminal, Ralph Myers (Tim Blake Nelson).

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