Movie Review: ‘Project Hail Mary’ March 18, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A lack of originality, treacly sentiment and a wholly unjustified two-hour, 36-minute running time combine to weigh down the sci-fi adventure “Project Hail Mary” (Amazon MGM).
Birthright citizenship order to impact more than children of migrants, Senate panel hears March 13, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News A Senate subcommittee hearing held March 10 on President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict access to birthright citizenship guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution examined arguments about what the amendment’s language regarding “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant when originally drafted.
‘Underbelly of the AI industry’: Panel explores data centers’ ecological, economic impacts March 6, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Environment, News, World News The explosion of massive data centers to handle the increasing generative demands of artificial intelligence have placed high demands on both power and the water used in cooling systems — millions of gallons per day — and low-income communities have typically endured the brunt of the air pollution they create. This was the topic of a March 5 webinar, “The Growing Impacts of Data Centers on Our Neighbors and God’s Creation,” hosted by the Washington-based Catholic Climate Covenant.
Movie Review: ‘Crime 101’ February 13, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews All three of the main characters in “Crime 101” (Amazon MGM), the film adaptation of Don Winslow’s 2020 novella, are dealing with lives and careers that have slammed into a wall.
Trump Justice Department has made protests at places of worship a FACE Act priority February 12, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Recent court cases involving pro-life activists at abortion clinics, an immigration protest inside a Minnesota church and a new application of a 1994 federal law, the FACE Act, show how legal realities have changed in one year.
Movie Review: ‘Shelter’ February 11, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It takes nearly an hour of gunfire, car chases and flying fists for the plot of “Shelter” (Black Bear) to emerge. That it’s another of Jason Statham’s pictures in which he plays a brooding loner who eventually avenges old wrongs. Yet the film almost sneers at viewers for expecting exactly what they get.
Exploring Catherine O’Hara’s Catholic roots February 4, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, Obituaries Catholic faith was not part of comedian Catherine O’Hara’s public-facing work and personality.
Brigitte Bardot, the Church and Legion of Decency January 30, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews Brigitte Bardot made nearly 50 movies between 1952 and 1973, when she announced that she would make no more and turned to the cause of animal rights. Seven of those, all from the 1950s, received the C (Condemned) classification from the National Legion of Decency.
Democrats for Life, other pro-life groups launch Legislating for Human Dignity coalition January 26, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Jan. 23 was what Lauren Handy called “my freedom anniversary.” It was exactly one year since President Donald Trump pardoned her and 22 others for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act.
Movie Review: ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ January 16, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” (Sony) is the fourth installment in a splatter-stained franchise centered on zombies that reaches back to 2002. Not only does the film maintain its predecessors’ tradition of bloodletting, it also features a devil worshipping theme and abundant instances of gratuitous nudity.
U.S. commission hearing focuses on persecution of Christians around globe January 15, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a longtime champion of religious liberty, particularly in Tibet, proudly wears a bracelet of brown prayer beads, called mala, given to him by the Dalai Lama during a visit to India in 2024.
Movie Review: ‘Song Sung Blue’ January 7, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews There is not one ounce of cynicism in “Song Sung Blue” (Focus), the fact-based tale of a Neil Diamond cover band from Milwaukee. And therein lies immense power.
