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Movie & Television Reviews

Movie Review: Irena’s Vow

April 12, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

An inspiring but once little-known chapter of history provides the basis for the Holocaust drama “Irena’s Vow” (Quiver).

‘Irena’s Vow,’ Heroism in the Face of Evil

April 11, 2024
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The movie is based on the real-life experiences of Catholic nurse Irene Gut Opdyke (1918-2003). Famed for her rescue of Jews, Opdyke was named Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli Holocaust Commission.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

April 10, 2024
By 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.

TV Review: ‘The Gentlemen,’ streaming, Netflix

April 10, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Can an aristocratic lifestyle and a secret narcotics business mix? According to both his eponymous 2020 film and its current small-screen variation, “The Gentlemen,” showrunner Guy Ritchie thinks they can.

Movie Review: ‘The First Omen’

April 9, 2024
By John Mulderig
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Rosemary’s baby gets some competition in “The First Omen” (20th Century), director and co-writer Arkasha Stevenson’s prequel to a horror franchise that dates all the way back to 1976. While, like its long-ago predecessor, the film makes exploitative use of religion, this is overshadowed by the hideous deaths it showcases.

Movie Review: ‘Road House’

April 4, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Way back in 1989, Patrick Swayze found an action vehicle in the tale of a brawling bouncer hired to keep the loutish patrons of an Indiana bar in line. Switch venues from the Midwest to the Southeast and substitute Jake Gyllenhaal’s biceps for Swayze’s and you have the wholly unnecessary remake “Road House” (Amazon MGM).

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

April 3, 2024
By 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.

Videogame Review: ‘Alan Wake 2’

March 28, 2024
By Adele Chapline Smith
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Well-crafted but intense and unsparing, the survival horror game “Alan Wake 2” (Epic) presents a narrative that delves into the human psyche in a sophisticated way. Only those grown-ups willing to encounter graphic content, however, should grapple with it.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

March 27, 2024
By 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: ‘Immaculate’

March 27, 2024
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

A similar sense of blinkered rejection and smug relief may be detected in “Immaculate” (Neon), a vile piece of horror tripe from director Michael Mohan.

Movie Review: ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’

March 21, 2024
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

An old movie trope is spun into a satiric fantasy with middling results in “The American Society of Magical Negroes” (Focus).

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

March 20, 2024
By 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.

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