Movie Review: ‘Easter Sunday’ August 5, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The dialogue in Ken Cheng and Kate Angelo’s script, moreover, lapses into coarseness frequently enough to mark “Easter Sunday” as off-limits to kids. Older attendees will likely enjoy the occasional chuckle. But this mostly amiable production won’t make much of an impression on them.
Movie Review: ‘Bullet Train’ August 3, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Look for: A high-gloss production and witty dialogue. Look out for: Excessive gory violence, gruesome images, pervasive vulgar language, a few profanities, some premarital sensuality and sexual humor.
Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels July 27, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival; the film covers his near decade of travel, with visits to almost 60 countries.
TV REVIEW: ‘D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!’ July 25, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Over the past 50 years, D.B. Cooper has become one of the most famous aliases in history. Yet it was really under the name Dan Cooper that a still-unidentified man carried out the mysterious hijacking — and getaway — that have since made him the stuff of legend.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Nope’ July 21, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The inclusion of grimly ironic material makes “Nope” challenging fare even for grown-ups.
TV REVIEW: ‘The Last Movie Stars’ July 19, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews It’s remarkable that storied actor Paul Newman’s union with fellow star Joanne Woodward endured for 50 years and only ended with his 2008 death from lung cancer, age 83.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ July 15, 2022By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Bathroom humor reaches new heights — make that depths — in “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” (Paramount), an animated martial-arts spoof with a most unlikely provenance.
TV REVIEW: ‘Chloe’ July 13, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Unappealing and implausible, the series “Chloe” is now streaming on Amazon Prime in six one-hour episodes.
MOVIE REVIEW: Thor: Love and Thunder July 6, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Tongue-in-cheek humor paces the vivid action in “Thor: Love and Thunder” (Disney), the third direct sequel to the Marvel Comics-based franchise’s 2011 original.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Elvis’ June 30, 2022By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Wise men say only fools rush in — and skip seeing “Elvis” (Warner Bros), a highly entertaining, turbocharged biography of a music legend.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Lightyear’ June 17, 2022By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews “Lightyear” (Disney) blasts off in cinemas with controversy in its wake.
TV REVIEW: ‘Hotel Portofino’ June 16, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The six-episode drama “Hotel Portofino” presents viewers with an unequal mix of banal storytelling and relevant social commentary. The series’ picturesque setting in the namesake Italian resort, moreover, fails to mask the amoral maneuverings of the titular hostelry’s inhabitants.