TV Review: ‘Citadel’ May 10, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Amnesia is a hoary device for inserting drama into a fictional tale, and the writers of the hard-edged but less than convincing espionage yarn “Citadel” rely heavily on it.
Movie Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ May 4, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews There’s a somber tone to long patches of this wrap-up of James Gunn’s trilogy, which also lacks the verve that characterized its predecessors.
Movie Review: ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Although the film “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is a generally upbeat affair, such caution is not entirely unwarranted.
Movie Review: ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The realistic-feeling, albeit not fact-based, adventures the screenplay chronicles are not for the fainthearted — nor for those who object to soldierly swearing.
Movie Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid” April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Billed as a dark comedy, writer-director Ari Aster’s deep dive into paranoia is instead a nightmarish, three-hour-long odyssey through a landscape of mental misery.
Movie Review: ‘Air’ April 15, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews An apt subtitle for the forceful fact-based drama “Air” (Amazon) might be: “How to Succeed in Business by Trying Really Hard.”
Movie Review: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ April 12, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews No one can accuse the folks behind the animated origin story “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal) of false advertising.
Movie Review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4, a festival of fatality’ March 23, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Stylish savagery is the order of the day as Keanu Reeves reprises his role as the hitman of the title. Wick’s ongoing struggle to break free of the High Table, the ultra-powerful behind-the-scenes criminal empire that once claimed his allegiance, becomes the cue for innumerable doomed extras to bite the dust.
Movie Review: ‘In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis’ March 22, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Despite its depiction of some of the world’s most pressing problems, filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi’s polished retrospective maintains a tranquil tone as it looks back over the 37 journeys to 53 different countries undertaken by the pontiff during the first nine years of his pontificate.
Movie Review: ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ March 17, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews This sequel to the 2019 origin story for the titular DC Comics character serves up action, special effects and some humorous dialogue, it fails to make much of a lasting impression.
Movie Review: ’65’ March 16, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Feeling nostalgic for the Mesozoic Era? You won’t be after seeing the sci-fi adventure “65.”
TV Review: ‘History of the World: Part II’ March 15, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Fans of comic auteur Mel Brooks may be anxious to view the Hulu streaming series “History of the World: Part II,” the small-screen follow-up to his 1981 movie, subtitled — what else? — “Part I.”