Movie Review: ‘Heart of a Missionary’ August 29, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The life, work and legacy of the principal founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith is celebrated in the engaging documentary “Heart of a Missionary: The Story of Pauline Jaricot.”
Movie Review: ‘Beast’ August 19, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews A quartet’s initially enjoyable excursion into the wilderness suddenly turns perilous when they run afoul of the predator from whom the movie takes its title.
Movie Review: ‘Slaves and Kings’ looks at life of 19th-century Spanish saint August 15, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The social strife that roiled Spain, both during the 19th century and in the lead-up to that nation’s tragic 1936-39 civil war, serves as the background for the biography “Slaves and Kings”.
Movie Review: Thirteen Lives August 12, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Director Ron Howard provides an understated chronicle of heroic real-life events in the absorbing dramatization “Thirteen Lives.” While a bit of off-color dialogue precludes endorsement for young viewers, the value of the film’s portrait of humanity at its best makes it acceptable for older adolescents.
Movie Review: ‘Predator’ prequel hunts for ‘Prey’ August 9, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, Uncategorized It’s not often that a prequel carries a story back by centuries. Yet such is the case with the intriguing but sanguinary sci-fi action film “Prey” (20th Century/Hulu, beginning Aug. 5).
Movie Review: ‘Easter Sunday’ August 5, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The dialogue in Ken Cheng and Kate Angelo’s script, moreover, lapses into coarseness frequently enough to mark “Easter Sunday” as off-limits to kids. Older attendees will likely enjoy the occasional chuckle. But this mostly amiable production won’t make much of an impression on them.
Movie Review: ‘Bullet Train’ August 3, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Look for: A high-gloss production and witty dialogue. Look out for: Excessive gory violence, gruesome images, pervasive vulgar language, a few profanities, some premarital sensuality and sexual humor.
Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels July 27, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival; the film covers his near decade of travel, with visits to almost 60 countries.
TV REVIEW: ‘D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!’ July 25, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Over the past 50 years, D.B. Cooper has become one of the most famous aliases in history. Yet it was really under the name Dan Cooper that a still-unidentified man carried out the mysterious hijacking — and getaway — that have since made him the stuff of legend.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Nope’ July 21, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The inclusion of grimly ironic material makes “Nope” challenging fare even for grown-ups.
TV REVIEW: ‘The Last Movie Stars’ July 19, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews It’s remarkable that storied actor Paul Newman’s union with fellow star Joanne Woodward endured for 50 years and only ended with his 2008 death from lung cancer, age 83.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ July 15, 2022By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Bathroom humor reaches new heights — make that depths — in “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” (Paramount), an animated martial-arts spoof with a most unlikely provenance.