Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon March 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: ‘One Life’ March 20, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews An understated tone bolsters the impact of the fact-based drama “One Life” (Bleecker Street). The educational value and formative potential of the film’s uplifting story, a lesser-known chapter in the history of the Holocaust, moreover, make it probably acceptable for older teens, despite some off-color vocabulary in the script.
Why the new season of ‘The Chosen’ will be delayed on streaming March 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “The Chosen” Season Four will face a delayed arrival on streaming platforms, series creator Dallas Jenkins announced Sunday.
Movie Review: Arthur the King March 14, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The feel-good elements of a sports movie and a pet bonding tale are mingled in director Simon Cellan Jones’ fact-based drama “Arthur the King” (Lionsgate).
Documentary covers FBI file kept on Archbishop Sheen March 14, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Nearly 75 years after he stopped teaching at The Catholic University of America in Washington, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) can still fill a campus auditorium.
‘Oppenheimer’ sweeps the Oscars March 13, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The 96th Academy Awards ceremony March 10 saw director Christopher Nolan’s biographical drama “Oppenheimer” overtaking the competition to win in seven of the 11 categories for which it was nominated, including Best Picture.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon March 13, 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.
Radio Interview: The Oscars March 11, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty and guest co-host Ann Augherton of the Arlington Catholic Herald talk with John Mulderig of OSV News and Daughter of St. Paul Sister Rose Pacatte about the best films of the year.
Looking at the Oscar nominees for best picture through the lens of human dignity March 8, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews With the Academy Awards right around the corner, here’s my take on how the 10 nominations for best picture hold up in the human dignity department.
Videogame Review: ‘Helldivers 2’ March 7, 2024By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “Helldivers 2” (Sony Interactive Entertainment), the long-awaited follow-up to the franchise’s 2015 kickoff, is a third-person shooter that gets adrenaline pumping and registers as both exhilarating and intense.
Movie Review: ‘Dune: Part Two’ March 7, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews If its 2021 predecessor was a fine film, “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) is nothing short of a knockout.
Movie Review: ‘Cabrini’ March 6, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints By combining visual craftsmanship with dramatic force and evoking a powerful performance from Cristiana Dell’Anna in the title role, director Alejandro Monteverde delivers a riveting retrospective.