‘The Ritual’ seeks to portray exorcism respectfully June 5, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News One thing seems certain about the exorcism-themed movie “The Ritual” (XYZ); it is not intended as the first installment in a franchise.
Movie Review: ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ May 28, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The Grim Reaper will have his revenge on those who try to cheat him of his haul. Such is the dubious message of the franchise whose sixth installment, “Final Destination Bloodlines” (Warner Bros.), maintains the series’ high splatter factor while throwing in some “moral” posturing that only makes the film more repellant.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 28, 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: ‘Lilo & Stitch’ May 22, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “Lilo & Stitch” (Disney) is the latest yield of a long-term project on the part of the Mouse House to remake some of their more popular animated features of the past into live-action films. The result in this instance is a morally sound but shrill updating of a well-received — and, in some quarters, cherished — 2002 release.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 21, 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: ‘Sinners’ May 21, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Considered strictly as a piece of cinema, the genre-mashing feature “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) can be acknowledged to be a successful production in several respects. But assessed ethically from the standpoint of a Scripture-based worldview, writer-director Ryan Coogler’s film is critically deficient.
Movie Review: ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ May 19, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Tom Cruise takes his eighth turn as infinitely resourceful spy Ethan Hunt in the grand-scale adventure “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount).
A new documentary, ‘The Inner Sea,’ tells a story of adoption, music and love May 16, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews More than 20 years ago, Kate Stapleton stood on the shores of Lake Michigan and made the heart-wrenching decision to place her daughter for adoption. What happened afterward is captured in the new documentary “The Inner Sea” — a film Kate believes may be the first directed by and created from the perspective of a birth mother.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 14, 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: ‘Another Simple Favor’ May 9, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Director Paul Feig returns with “Another Simple Favor” (Amazon MGM). Alas, while much of the moral waywardness of the original is still present — if, for the most part, only by way of supposedly humorous references to the past — the aesthetic assets on display seven years ago have largely disappeared.
Movie Review: The Legend of Ochi May 6, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Though it has the relationship between a teen girl and a cuddly creature at its core, “The Legend of Ochi” (A24) is not a sunny children’s movie.
Conclaves on screen May 1, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Movie & Television Reviews Rich in secrecy and suspense — and endowed with the potential to alter history — the conclave process by which popes have been elected since the 13th century has obvious dramatic appeal.
