Videogame Review: ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ July 17, 2025By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Kepler), the debut title from French studio Sandfall Interactive, follows a cohort of citizens desperate to save a large number of people from imminent death. As it does so, the role-playing game also explores themes of grief, family and community.
Movie Review: ‘Superman’ July 11, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In the spring of 1938, when the figure of Superman made his first appearance in the pages of DC’s “Action Comics #1,” President Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts to combat the Great Depression via the New Deal were at their height. There had as yet been only one world war and Lou Gehrig was still playing for the New York Yankees.
Movie Review: ‘Sorry, Baby’ July 10, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It’s too simplistic to refer to “Sorry, Baby” (A24) as a #MeToo movie. Yet the film is topical as well as important and compelling.
Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ July 3, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Some 35 years ago, author Michael Crichton pondered the disastrous implications of using DNA to revive various species of dinosaurs. Suffice it to say that the consequences of this ill-advised fictional project, as chronicled on screen across the decades, have borne little resemblance to an episode of “The Flintstones.”
Movie Review: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ June 29, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The same crackling wit that marked the 2022 debut of the murderously malfunctioning android of the title is present again as she makes a seemingly unlikely comeback in “M3GAN 2.0” (Universal). As was the case with the original film, however, her latest adventures are best savored by mature moviegoers.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 25, 2025By 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.
Fox Nation announces second season for ‘Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’ June 18, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Fox Nation announced June 11 that an eight-episode second season of the docudrama series “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” will become available for streaming beginning in November and continuing through the spring of next year.
Movie Review: ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ June 18, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Faith is put under the spotlight to a much greater degree in the auteur’s latest quirky work, “The Phoenician Scheme” (Focus), and the results are far more negative.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 18, 2025By 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.
Television Review: ‘Patience,’ June 15, and streaming, PBS June 12, 2025By Garan Santicola OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The British-Belgian crime drama “Patience” premieres on PBS Sunday, June 15, 8-9 p.m. EDT. The six-part series will continue in the same timeslot through July 20 while also streaming on station-based PBS platforms.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 11, 2025By 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: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ June 11, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A decade and a half after its popular animated namesake was released comes the live-action remake “How to Train Your Dragon.” While the basic story and some of the personnel remain the same, the new arrival, although appropriate for a wide audience, falls short of the heights to which its predecessor soared.
