Movie Review: ‘A Man Called Otto’ January 12, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews While the drama-and-comedy blend “A Man Called Otto” (Sony) proves generally goodhearted, it also turns out to be formulaic.
Movie Review: ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ January 11, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Director Kasi Lemmons’ profile charts singer Whitney Houston’s meteoric rise as well as the gradual descent into dependence that culminated in her untimely 2012 death at age 48.
Vatican prosecutor opens investigation into Orlandi disappearance January 10, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News The disappearance 40 years ago of Emanuela Orlandi has haunted her family, fueled conspiracy theories and provided grist for a recent Netflix series.
Movie Review: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ December 30, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The good news is that, overall, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” proves a worthy successor to its sparkling precursor, “Knives Out.”
Movie Review: ‘Babylon’ December 22, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “Babylon” (Paramount), writer-director Damien Chazelle’s sprawling recreation of Hollywood shortly before and after the advent of talkies, is a film of undeniable artistic intent. Yet its considerable aesthetic strong points are overshadowed by both overt content and an underlying tone that viewers of faith will feel compelled to reject.
Movie Review: ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ December 19, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Frenetic action sequences are interspersed with a series of gentle moral lessons in the entertaining animated adventure “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (Universal).
Movie Review: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ December 15, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The “Way of the Water” script returns viewers to the fictional moon Pandora and continues the story of the kickoff’s two principal characters, the avatar of Earth-born ex-Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his Pandoran warrior wife, Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña).
Television Review: ‘Wednesday’ December 12, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Tim Burton steps forward as director of “Wednesday,” a spin-off named for, and focused on, the comically macabre Addams family’s daughter. All eight episodes of the series, which stars Jenna Ortega in the title role, are streaming on Netflix.
Pope enlists a willing warrior to spread the message of ‘Laudato Si’ December 11, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Movie & Television Reviews, Vatican Nicolas Brown directed “The Letter: A Message for Our Earth,” a documentary on the pope’s 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Movie Review: ‘Violent Night’ December 9, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The upshot of “Violent NIght” is a strange blend of bloody mayhem and rank sentimentality that goes down like a gulp of sour eggnog.
Movie Review: ‘Devotion’ December 7, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Jonathan Majors portrays Jesse L. Brown in the war epic “Devotion” (Sony), a film that chronicles both the travails the flyer faced and his partnership with fellow aviator Tom Hudner (Glen Powell).
Movie Review: ‘Strange World’ December 2, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews ‘Strange World’ tells the story of the Clade family, denizens of an imaginary realm called Avalonia.