New Netflix film presents the life of the Virgin Mary December 6, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News “Mary,” an earnest drama, will be available for streaming on Netflix Dec. 6.
Radio Interview: Christmas Movies December 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jason Cherubini, an executive-in-residence at Loyola University Maryland about the business behind holiday movies and why there are so many of them. It’s good business, he says, because people are searching for connection and comfort at this time of year. But the ones that become classics are those that resonate with people year after year.
Why ‘Conclave’ is captivating audiences as the season’s big Indie hit December 2, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Expected to top $30 million in ticket sales by the time it transitions from movie theaters to streaming services, secular reviews are exuberant and Academy Award buzz abounds for Conclave.
Movie Review: ‘Moana 2’ November 29, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The high-spirited Oceanaian princess who gave her name to a 2016 animated feature returns for further adventures in “Moana 2” (Disney).
‘The Chosen’ Season 5 coming Lent 2025; Last Supper scene grounded in Roumie’s Eucharistic devotion November 27, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Beginning March 27, the fifth season of the hit series “The Chosen,” which focuses on the life of Jesus and his closest disciples, will hit theaters in the weeks leading up to Easter, which is April 20. The latest installment, “The Chosen: Last Supper” portrays the events of Holy Week.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 27, 2024By 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: ‘Gladiator II’ November 25, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Nearly a quarter-century after its predecessor premiered, “Gladiator II” (Paramount) takes moviegoers back into the ancient arena. The result is a spectacular but sterile historical epic whose unsparing depiction of life-or-death combat greatly circumscribes its appropriate audience.
Movie Review: ‘Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.’ November 22, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In crafting the biopic “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” (Angel), writer-director Todd Komarnicki can be credited with being scrupulous about historical truth. Yet, despite the film’s provocative full title — which suggests that he had a lot of interesting material to mine from his subject’s life — there’s a ponderous tone to his profile.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 20, 2024By 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: ‘Here’ November 20, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Lady of letters Gertrude Stein once famously observed of Oakland, Calif., the city in which she was raised, “There is no there there.” As it turns out, there’s not much there to the drama “Here” (TriStar), either.
Movie Review: ‘Wicked’ November 19, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Considered purely from an artistic viewpoint, the lavish musical “Wicked” (Universal) represents a confluence of the best both Broadway and Hollywood have to offer. On a moral level, however, the film’s content, while largely free of overtly problematic material, nonetheless demands careful assessment.
Martin Scorsese’s new saints docuseries opens with Joan of Arc November 18, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is debuting his latest work on Fox Nation: A new docudrama exploring the lives of the saints.
