Movie Review ‘The Madalorian and Grogu’ May 27, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It’s one battle after another for the title characters in the latest installment of the “Star Wars” saga, “The Mandalorian and Grogu” (Disney). But the combat is nongraphic and the film is free of anything off-color. As a result, this high-quality escapist adventure can be enjoyed by a broad spectrum of age groups.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 26, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of June 7, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week. Televised films may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations while the […]
Movie Review: ‘In the Grey’ May 26, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews NEW YORK (OSV News) – Writer-director Guy Ritchie puts a twist on the heist movie with “In the Grey” (Black Bear). Although clever, the film is also harshly violent. So it can only be endorsed for grown viewers who don’t object to a steady barrage of gunfire, the occasional explosion and the sight of blood […]
1930 Films now in the public domain May 21, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews On Jan. 1, all Hollywood films released in 1930 entered the public domain. As a result, many of them can now be watched online for free.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 20, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of May 31, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week. Televised films may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations while the […]
Movie Review: ‘Obsession’ May 18, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews NEW YORK (OSV News) — “More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones,” the 16th-century mystic St. Teresa of Avila is famously said to have observed. To judge by the horror film “Obsession” (Focus), something similar — but far more drastic — might be said about fulfilled wishes. Socially awkward music store clerk […]
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 13, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Uncategorized The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of May 24, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week. Televised films may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations while the […]
Movie Review: ‘Mortal Kombat II’ May 11, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews NEW YORK (OSV News) – Based on a video game series so notoriously violent that it helped inspire the establishment of the Entertainment Software Rating Board regulatory body, “Mortal Kombat II” (Warner Bros.) lives down to its blood-soaked heritage. Ostensibly concerned with the martial arts, the film ultimately revels instead in horrific mortality. Lost amid […]
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 5, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of May 17, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Movie Review: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ May 1, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews NEW YORK (OSV News) – “The Devil Wears Prada 2” (20th Century), director David Frankel’s second send-up of the fashion world, reunites one of the more memorable casts of recent decades. The predictable result is a glamorous good time for moviegoers. Occasional salty dialogue and an incidental yet potentially misleading theological notion, however, suggest this […]
Movie Review: ‘Sheep Detectives’ April 29, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Like the creatures for which it’s named, director Kyle Balda’s comic mystery “The Sheep Detectives” (Amazon MGM) might be expected to be innocuous at worst and rather cuddly at best. Yet, as scripted by Craig Mazin, this adaptation of Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel “Three Bags Full” includes material at odds with revealed truth.
Movie Review: ‘Michael’ April 23, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The professional legacy of famed entertainer Michael Jackson continues to glitter as brightly as the rhinestone-covered glove he was fond of sporting on stage. Yet the details of his controversial personal life remain as murkily mysterious as they were at the moment of his untimely death at age 50 in 2009.
