Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon January 29, 2024By 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: ‘I.S.S.’ January 26, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The psychological thriller “I.S.S.” (Bleecker Street) highlights positive values and teaches a civilizing lesson. But, as penned by screenwriter Nick Shafir, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s drama of shifting allegiance and unpredictable behavior never gains traction and ultimately registers as a slack, by-the-numbers exercise.
Television Review: ‘Hazbin Hotel’ January 25, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The year is young. Still, it seems unlikely that 2024 will produce any piece of supposed entertainment more repellent than the animated TV series “Hazbin Hotel.”
Movie Review: ‘American Fiction’ January 24, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In his feature debut, “American Fiction” (Amazon MGM), writer-director Cord Jefferson pulls off an impressive balancing act. In adapting Percival Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure,” Jefferson successfully blends wry social satire with the serious tale of an emotionally isolated central character.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon January 22, 2024By 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 Beekeeper’ January 17, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Cultivating bees may be regarded as a rather peaceful and meditative pursuit. But that doesn’t stop the title character of the preposterous action flick “The Beekeeper” (Amazon MGM) from going berserk when provoked.
Movie Review: ‘Saltburn’ January 17, 2024By John Mulderig Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In his classic 1945 novel “Brideshead Revisited,” Catholic author Evelyn Waugh charted the intense, quasi-romantic and possibly sexual bond between two male students at Oxford University. The premise of Waugh’s work is echoed in the black comedy “Saltburn.”
Movie Review: ‘Mean Girls’ January 15, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Tina Fey infuses her script — ultimately derived from Rosalind Wiseman’s 2002 nonfiction book “Queen Bees and Wannabes” — with some sharply observed humor.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon January 15, 2024By 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: ‘Maestro’ January 10, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The tangled personal life of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) provides the subject matter for the fact-based drama “Maestro” (Netflix).
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon January 8, 2024By 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.
Rob Schneider opens up about his Catholic conversion and the life of faith January 6, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News In 2023, actor and comedian Rob Schneider celebrated his first Christmas as a Catholic.