Movie Review: ‘Trolls Band Together’ November 25, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Families don’t have to achieve perfection in order to live in harmony. Along with a lesson about the breaking down of fear-based barriers, that’s the basic theme of “Trolls Band Together” (Universal), a pleasant third animated adventure for the music-loving, doll-derived beings of the title who first arrived on the big screen in 2016.
Movie Review: ‘Wish’ November 25, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Set in an imaginary kingdom ruled by a sorcerer called Magnifico (voice of Chris Pine), this is the story of one of his younger subjects, 17-year-old Asha (voice of Ariana DeBose).
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 20, 2023By 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 as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Movie Review: ‘Napoleon’ November 17, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Viewers out for sweeping spectacle will likely come away from director Ridley Scott’s historical epic satisfied. But those seeking insight into the conquering French emperor’s personality will find there’s a hollow ring to star Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of him.
Movie Review: ‘The Marvels’ November 15, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Considered artistically, the quirky, sometimes humorous but more often confusing superhero adventure “The Marvels” (Disney) presents a mixed bag of ingredients that will likely appeal to some viewers but not others.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 13, 2023By 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 Nov. 19, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Movie Review: ‘Priscilla’ November 8, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The relationship that writer-director Sofia Coppola’s screen version of Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me” charts is a strange mix of the respectable and the unsavory.
Movie Review: ‘Freelance’ November 5, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Attentive viewers will discern some positive moral values underlying the plot of the action comedy “Freelance” (Relativity).
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 2, 2023By 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 Nov. 12, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
TV Review: ‘Native Ball,’ various times, PBS October 30, 2023By John Mulderig Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews – A warmhearted profile of a pioneering Indigenous American sports figure is provided in filmmakers Jonathan Cipiti and Megan Harrington’s documentary “Native Ball: Legacy of a Trailblazer.”
Movie Review: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ October 27, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A child-abduction theme lends a dark undertone to the turbid horror film “Five Nights at Freddy’s.”
Movie Review: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ October 19, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Emotional ambiguity pervades the dramatization “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Paramount/Apple TV+). Epic yet intimate, director and co-writer Martin Scorsese’s masterful recounting of real-life events in 1920s Oklahoma is too gritty for kids, but deeply rewarding for grown-ups and possibly acceptable for older teens.
