MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Northman’ April 28, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Set at the turn of the 10th century, the Viking epic “The Northman” (Focus) seeks to immerse viewers in the Nordic culture of that era.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Bad Guys’ April 27, 2022By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The heist genre gets a fresh burst of frenetic energy with the animated comedy “The Bad Guys” (Universal). This high-octane, older-kid-friendly caper is veteran animator Pierre Perifel’s feature debut — and the neophyte director nails it.
Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department April 20, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie.
Priest: Film on lives changed by Holy Hour will move viewers ‘to action’ April 20, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews “Alive,” a new documentary made in Spain by Bosco and Hakuna Films, tells the stories of five people changed by their encounter with the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist during Holy Hour.
MOVIE REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore April 20, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has proved to be a mine of prodigious riches for its creator, J.K. Rowling.
MOVIE REVIEW: Father Stu April 12, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Positive priest characters are certainly a rarity in contemporary films. So Catholics will welcome the uplifting fact-based biography “Father Stu”.
Wahlberg: Real-life Father Stu has him ‘continuing to carry on his message’ April 4, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Catholic actor Mark Wahlberg, who plays the title role in the upcoming movie “Father Stu,” said the real-life Montana priest is “having me continuing to carry on his message.”
TV REVIEW: ‘Servant of the People’ March 29, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Before he started teaching the world how to stand up to a murderous bully, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was an actor and comedian.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Rescued By Ruby’ March 24, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews An ambitious lawman and a dog in danger become partners in the winsome fact-based drama “Rescued by Ruby.”
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Adam Project’ March 16, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews There are, in fact, two Adams in this time-travel themed tale. Adult Adam (Ryan Reynolds) hails from the year 2050. Arriving in the present, he teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) to nip a future problem for humanity in the bud.
TV REVIEW: ‘Lucy and Desi’ March 9, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews In the wake of writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s dramatization “Being the Ricardos,” comes a far different portrait of early television’s most iconic real-life couple, the warm and insightful documentary “Lucy and Desi.”
Movie review: ‘The Batman’ March 7, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Viewers will find themselves thoroughly absorbed by “The Batman” (Warner Bros.). Director and co-writer Matt Reeves’ reboot of the DC Comics-based franchise is a darkly powerful affair, and its script — penned with Peter Craig — plays with the interesting question whether the iconic crimefighter of the title is, in fact, a hero.