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Movie & Television Reviews

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

November 27, 2024
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: ‘Gladiator II’

November 25, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Nearly a quarter-century after its predecessor premiered, “Gladiator II” (Paramount) takes moviegoers back into the ancient arena. The result is a spectacular but sterile historical epic whose unsparing depiction of life-or-death combat greatly circumscribes its appropriate audience.

Movie Review: ‘Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.’

November 22, 2024
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

In crafting the biopic “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” (Angel), writer-director Todd Komarnicki can be credited with being scrupulous about historical truth. Yet, despite the film’s provocative full title — which suggests that he had a lot of interesting material to mine from his subject’s life — there’s a ponderous tone to his profile.

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

November 20, 2024
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: ‘Here’

November 20, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Lady of letters Gertrude Stein once famously observed of Oakland, Calif., the city in which she was raised, “There is no there there.” As it turns out, there’s not much there to the drama “Here” (TriStar), either.

Movie Review: ‘Wicked’

November 19, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Considered purely from an artistic viewpoint, the lavish musical “Wicked” (Universal) represents a confluence of the best both Broadway and Hollywood have to offer. On a moral level, however, the film’s content, while largely free of overtly problematic material, nonetheless demands careful assessment.

Martin Scorsese’s new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc

November 18, 2024
By Katie Yoder
OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, Saints

Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: A new docudrama exploring the lives of the saints.

Movie Review: ‘Red One’

November 18, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The attempt to put Santa Claus in the middle of a lot of frenetic brawling and then wrap the whole thing up with a climactic sleigh chase leads to a hopelessly unbalanced tone in this ill-conceived holiday offering.

Movie Review: ‘Heretic’

November 13, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Co-writers and directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ chiller “Heretic” (A24) probes the nature of faith.

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

November 13, 2024
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 Best Christmas Pageant Ever’

November 12, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Gentle and family-oriented, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” (Lionsgate) offers top-flight holiday entertainment for a wide range of age groups. In adapting author Barbara Robinson’s 1972 children’s novel, helmer Dallas Jenkins blends wry humor and touching drama while also successfully conveying some valuable insights.

Movie Review: ‘The Carpenter’

November 4, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Designed to present a portion of the Gospel narrative to fans of mixed martial arts fighting and heavy metal music, the biblical drama “The Carpenter” (Purdie) adds a whole new meaning to the term muscular Christianity.

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