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Movie & Television Reviews

Video game review: ‘Forspoken’

February 1, 2023
By Adele Chapline Smith
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Contemporary reality clashes with high fantasy in the action-adventure “Forspoken.”

Movie Review: ‘M3GAN’

January 31, 2023
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

By subverting its central trope, screenwriter Akela Cooper and director Gerard Johnstone serve up a wickedly funny treat in “M3GAN.”

Movie Review: ‘Missing’

January 26, 2023
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

It’s the adolescent child and not the parent who’s at the center of the action in “Missing.”

Movie Review: ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

January 25, 2023
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The idea of incorporating iconic author Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story, into a whodunit would seem like a winning one.

Movie Review: ‘Plane’

January 14, 2023
By John Mulderig
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Grown fans of Gerard Butler and of the action genre may find director Jean-François Richet’s aviation adventure “Plane” (Lionsgate) appealing in some respects.

Movie Review: ‘A Man Called Otto’

January 12, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2022
By 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, 2022
By 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, 2022
By 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, 2022
By 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).

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