Movie Review: ‘Mickey 17’ March 12, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews On the run from a brutal loan shark, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), a hapless misfit, finds an opportunity to escape his pursuer by joining the crew of a space mission to a distant planet.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon March 12, 2025By 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.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon March 5, 2025By 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.
Television Review: ‘House of David’ March 3, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Theology blends with politics, family tensions and derring-do in the generally well-crafted biblical drama “House of David.” Three hour-long episodes of the eight-part series, created by Jon Erwin, are currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
Movie Review: ‘Last Breath’ February 28, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In 2012, Scottish professional diver Chris Lemons was temporarily stranded at the bottom of the North Sea with a rapidly dwindling supply of oxygen. Both before and after Lemons lost consciousness, two of his colleagues raced to save his life.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon February 26, 2025By 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: ‘The Monkey’ February 21, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “The Monkey” (Neon), writer-director Osgood Perkins’ serio-comic adaptation of a 1980 short story by horror maven Stephen King, begins with the graphic disemboweling of a minor character and climaxes with the equally explicit decapitation of a major one by a flying bowling ball. ‘Nuff said?
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon February 19, 2025By 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: ‘Heart Eyes’ February 14, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Roses are red… and so is the flood of gore that mars the Valentine’s Day-themed slasher flick “Heart Eyes.”
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon February 12, 2025By 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.
Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees at a glance February 10, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of the 10 films contending for Best Picture. The Oscars ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2.
Movie Review: ‘Love Hurts’ February 7, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Enjoyable humor and a touch of romance do increase the appeal of the otherwise frenetic actioner “Love Hurts” (Universal). A barrage of obscenities in the script, as well as fleeting forays into visual grisliness, are less welcome elements.