Movie Review: ‘Inside Out 2’ June 14, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It’s a notable phenomenon in contemporary Hollywood that some movies aimed primarily at children, especially those produced by Pixar, prove both more substantive and emotionally resonant than many films competing for a grown audience. Such is the case with the animated psychological comedy “Inside Out 2” (Disney).
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 12, 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: ‘The Watchers’ June 12, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Bloodletting is kept to a minimum in writer-director Ishana Night Shyamalan’s horror tale, her feature debut. But so too, alas, is viewer interest.
Movie Review: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ June 10, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The outstanding characteristic of the “Bad Boys” buddy cop movies has always been the sheer delight with which they depict violence. So when, after a two-film rampage over the turn of the millennium, the franchise fell quiescent for almost as long as Rip Van Winkle snoozed, it was a case of letting a sleeping cinematic dog lie.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 5, 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.
After delay, Season Four of the ‘The Chosen’ begins streaming June 4, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The fourth season of the Biblically-based television series “The Chosen” began streaming, Sunday, June 2. Although all eight episodes of the new season had been released in theaters beginning in February, streaming availability had been delayed — reportedly by legal disputes.
Movie Review: ‘The Garfield Movie’ May 29, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The world’s most famous lasagne-loving, Mondays-averse feline gets a third big-screen outing with “The Garfield Movie” (Columbia). Director Mark Dindal’s animated adaptation of cartoonist Jim Davis’ long-running comic strip is generally amiable and family-friendly. Yet it’s only fitfully amusing and feels disposable.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 29, 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: ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ May 24, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Taking a step back within its own chronology, the series now continues with an origin story for one of the main characters in the last outing, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.).
Movie Review: ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ May 22, 2024By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Some games are no fun, like playing cat and mouse with homicidal maniacs. Such is the desperate fate that befalls the main characters in the penny dreadful “The Strangers: Chapter 1” (Lionsgate). Why moviegoers would want to bear witness to their meaningless ordeal, however, remains a mystery.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon May 22, 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.
Rolling out the red carpet: Jesus on the big screen May 17, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews As a columnist with a case for press credentials in the Catholic space and a close friend in public relations, I’ve attended a few movie premieres. But I had never been to a “Red Carpet” event until the one held for “Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist,” a new limited theatrical release documentary.
