Note: This is a shortened version of an essay written for my new book, Scorsese by Ebert. Reading my 1988 review of “The Last Temptation of Christ,” I find it is more concerned with theology than cinema. It must have driven Martin Scorsese crazy to read reviews of “The Last Temptation of Christ” in which critics appointed themselves arbiters of the manhood or godliness of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ: Superstar is a groundbreaking musical on many fronts. It was one of the first, and certainly the most famous, to put forth the idea that the words “rock” and “opera” could ever be used together in the same sentence, much less coupled together in a unique genre. The original idea of Superstar started
Jesus Christ Superstar runs January 17-22 at The Hobby Center, 800 Bagby Street, Houston. For tickets and more information visit thehobbycenter.org . More Culture
Christians know what comes later. Jesus Christ Superstar must be taken for what it is, and at the very least, it’s thought-provoking. John Legend had all the right vocals for the part of Jesus Christ but lacked some connection with his acting. Sara Bareilles gave a stunning performance of Mary Magdalene, and Alice Cooper was perfect as King
I was in our computer room and heard a discussion of The Chosen between one priest confrere of mine and two other priest confreres. Now, the former, let’s call him Fr. X, has very strong opinions about movies, and he enjoys them very much, and he doesn’t like second-rate, “cheesy” Christian films. He spoke of how wonderful The Chosen was.
Aaron LaVigne (Jesus) and James T. Justis (Judas) star in the U.S. tour of the 50th anniversary production of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
The real `stars' of the film are Jesus' opponents, `the Jewish authorities' (Pharisees, Sadducees and scribes) and their hapless instrument, Pontius Pilate. The apostles, on the other hand, are curiously lifeless in this film rendering of John's gospel. Even Judas is given little in the way of motivation.
T here’s a holy trinity of holy musicals: the sexy one (Jesus Christ Superstar), the cheesy one (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat), and then there’s Godspell, currently playing to
"Jesus Christ Superstar": 5 the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued guidelines for the depiction/dramatizations of the passion and death of Jesus in "Criteria for the Evaluation of
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