The series tells the story of the Gunpowder Plot, when a group of Catholics plotted to blow up Parliament.
Jake Martin
Jake Martin, S.J. is an assistant professor of film studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He received his PhD in Film Studies from Trinity College, Dublin in 2023. His book What’s So Funny About Faith: A Memoir from the Intersection of the Hilarious and Holy was published by Loyola Press in 2012. He has been a contributing writer on film and television for America since 2009 and has written for numerous other publications including Huffington Post, Busted Halo and American Catholic Studies. Jake is also an actor and improvisational comedian whose solo show ”Learning to Pray in Front of the Television“ was an official selection for the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Jake has performed at numerous venues in Chicago and New York
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Wimbledon contains all that I have ever loved and loathed about tennis
The Queue is part of the mythology that makes the Wimbledon experience an experience at all; it goes hand in hand with the strawberries and cream and the all-white attire.
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What ’13 Reasons Why’ gets wrong about suicide
This is not TV viewing for the faint of heart or any other parts of the soul for that matter.
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Renowned atheist is hated, murdered, revived in new Netflix film
“The Most Hated Woman in America” indicts Madalyn Murray O’Hair as no better than the corrupt religious leaders that she railed against.
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John Oliver: Comic Crusader Against the Status Quo
“Last Week Tonight” is the best example of the power that humor can have in bringing about change.
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Sherlock Holmes: Pop Culture’s Christ Figure
What is it about Sherlock; drama that elicits such admiration and, at times, troubling obsessiveness?
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The Cubs are finally champions. Now what do I do?
The Cubs not winning was a lot like mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese—comfortable and cozy.
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Trying to watch ‘Making a Murderer’ and still believe in God.
‘Making a Murderer’ upends our preconceived notions of who the good guys and bad guys are.
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‘Suffragette’ offers a reverent take on the women’s rights movement.
“Suffragette,” like all films of its kind—historical dramas about social injustice—are from what I like to call the “eat your vegetables because they’re good for you” school of cinema.
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Smart, Clean, Funny: ‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ delivers
‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ delivers