Videogame Review: ‘Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical’ September 14, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Greek mythology continues to fascinate both the producers and consumers of modern-day entertainment. Its many tales and characters seem perpetually fresh, and their re-use tethers us to a rich literary past. Gamers will find a case in point in “Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical” (Humble).
Priest feels ‘seeds’ of faith ‘were planted’ during filming of Flannery O’Connor movie September 13, 2023By Ruby Thomas OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “Wildcat” — directed by actor Ethan Hawke and starring his daughter Maya Hawke — takes a look at the life of Catholic author Flannery O’Connor as she tried to publish her first book in the 1950s.
‘Safe Haven for Newborns’ founder honored for Catholic faith, legacy saving infants September 13, 2023By Laura Dodson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Respect Life, World News Nick Silverio had founded the Gloria M. Silverio Foundation and the nonprofit’s program, A Safe Haven for Newborns, in memory of his wife of 32 years who was killed in a car accident Dec. 7, 1999.
Movie Review: ‘The Nun II’ September 7, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews If jump-scares were an Olympic competition, director Michael Chaves’ horror sequel “The Nun II” (Warner Bros.) would undoubtedly be festooned with gold medals.
Archdiocese of Baltimore continues sponsorship of HBCU Week on Maryland Public Television August 31, 2023By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Racial Justice For the second straight year, the archdiocese and MPT will support programming that celebrates the history, culture and innovations of HBCUs in the area and across the nation. HBCU Week on MPT begins Sept. 4 and airs through Sept. 10.
Videogame Review: ‘Bramble: The Mountain King’ August 31, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Some fairy tales have a dark side and are thus better suited to grown-ups than to kids. The narrative that unfolds in “Bramble: The Mountain King” (Merge) is one example of this.
Movie Review: ‘The Equalizer 3’ August 31, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In their latest big-screen variation on the eponymous CBS-TV series starring Edward Woodward that ran for four seasons beginning in 1985, screenwriter Richard Wenk and director Antoine Fuqua have a few things going for them.
Movie Review: ‘The Hill’ August 30, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The tale of Texan Rickey Hill’s against-the-odds struggle to become a major league baseball player should, potentially, make for an engaging film.
Movie Review: ‘Strays’ August 29, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The latest such gambit vulgarly ventriloquizes dogs and results in the mangy comedy “Strays.”
Movie Review: ‘Blue Beetle’ August 22, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The resilience of the indestructible loving family, in this case, a Mexican American clan, forms the heart and soul of “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.).
‘Oppenheimer’ gives Catholics opportunity to explain injustice of nuclear weapons August 18, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The recently released cinema biopic “Oppenheimer” dramatizes the progressive development, assembly, testing and detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb which then led to the dropping of two such bombs over Japan in the twilight days of World War II.
Movie Review: ‘Gran Turismo’ August 12, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Director Neill Blomkamp’s lively against-the-odds tale recounts the unlikely career of working-class Welsh lad Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe).