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Movie & Television Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’

May 19, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Tom Cruise takes his eighth turn as infinitely resourceful spy Ethan Hunt in the grand-scale adventure “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount).

A new documentary, ‘The Inner Sea,’ tells a story of adoption, music and love

May 16, 2025
By Zoey Maraist
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

More than 20 years ago, Kate Stapleton stood on the shores of Lake Michigan and made the heart-wrenching decision to place her daughter for adoption. What happened afterward is captured in the new documentary “The Inner Sea” — a film Kate believes may be the first directed by and created from the perspective of a birth mother.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

May 14, 2025
By 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: ‘Another Simple Favor’

May 9, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Director Paul Feig returns with “Another Simple Favor” (Amazon MGM). Alas, while much of the moral waywardness of the original is still present — if, for the most part, only by way of supposedly humorous references to the past — the aesthetic assets on display seven years ago have largely disappeared.

Movie Review: The Legend of Ochi

May 6, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Though it has the relationship between a teen girl and a cuddly creature at its core, “The Legend of Ochi” (A24) is not a sunny children’s movie.

Conclaves on screen

May 1, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Movie & Television Reviews

Rich in secrecy and suspense — and endowed with the potential to alter history — the conclave process by which popes have been elected since the 13th century has obvious dramatic appeal.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

April 30, 2025
By 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.

Pope Francis on Film

April 30, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Remembering Pope Francis

From the moment of his election in early 2013, Pope Francis naturally became one of the world’s most newsworthy individuals. But it was especially in the latter half of his pontificate that he proved an intriguing figure for moviemakers. Both documentarians and the creators of feature films were drawn to him over that time.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

April 23, 2025
By 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 King of Kings’

April 22, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

With the Easter season upon us, Dickens’ biography comes to the big screen as “The King of Kings” (Angel Studios). In keeping with its august source material, the film is an excellent animated introduction to its sacred subject matter for youngster

Television Review: ‘Journey to You,’ Hallmark Channel

April 22, 2025
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Pleasant and undemanding, “Journey to You” may serve to spark interest in the millennium-long history of the Camino and the customs attached to it, both for those undertaking the trip for religious reasons and those with more touristic motivations.

Television Review: ‘Government Cheese,’ streaming, Apple TV

April 22, 2025
By Garan Santicola
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The first four episodes of Apple TV’s comedy drama “Government Cheese” are currently streaming.

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