Movie Review: ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter” May 18, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews With age comes wisdom, so we’re told. But apparently that doesn’t apply to the quartet of AARP-eligible friends at the core of the romantic comedy sequel “Book Club: The Next Chapter” (Focus).
Movie Review: ‘Fast X’ May 17, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews As its title indicates, “Fast X” (Universal) is the 10th direct installment of the “Fast & Furious” car-racing franchise that first put the pedal to the metal back in 2001.
TV Review: ‘Citadel’ May 10, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Amnesia is a hoary device for inserting drama into a fictional tale, and the writers of the hard-edged but less than convincing espionage yarn “Citadel” rely heavily on it.
Movie Review: ‘Big George Foreman’ May 10, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Sports Sports and faith come together in this generally family-friendly and appealing fact-based biography of the titular heavyweight boxing champion.
Movie Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ May 4, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews There’s a somber tone to long patches of this wrap-up of James Gunn’s trilogy, which also lacks the verve that characterized its predecessors.
Despite disability, young man directs film — in Lourdes, France May 4, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews The young Polish student directed a documentary on other disabled people traveling to Lourdes for an annual May pilgrimage with the Order of Malta.
Videogame review: ‘Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores’ May 3, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Fans of the popular post-apocalyptic “Horizon” franchise can unlock some enticing downloadable content with “Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores” (Sony Interactive Entertainment).
Movie Review: ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Although the film “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is a generally upbeat affair, such caution is not entirely unwarranted.
Movie Review: ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The realistic-feeling, albeit not fact-based, adventures the screenplay chronicles are not for the fainthearted — nor for those who object to soldierly swearing.
Movie Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid” April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Billed as a dark comedy, writer-director Ari Aster’s deep dive into paranoia is instead a nightmarish, three-hour-long odyssey through a landscape of mental misery.
Videogame Review: ‘Have a Nice Death’ April 19, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The Grim Reaper gets his house in order in the visually charming quest-themed game “Have a Nice Death” (Gearbox).
Movie Review: ‘Air’ April 15, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews An apt subtitle for the forceful fact-based drama “Air” (Amazon) might be: “How to Succeed in Business by Trying Really Hard.”