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Movie & Television Reviews

Movie Review: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’

April 3, 2026
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews

If Mario, the cartoon Italian American plumber who first figured in Nintendo’s “Donkey Kong” series of video games, were a normally aging human being, he would now be 45 years older than he was at his debut.

Martin Scorsese presents Mary’s story in Easter special of ‘The Saints’

April 2, 2026
By Katie Yoder
OSV News
Filed Under: Marian Devotion, Movie & Television Reviews, Saints

Ahead of Easter, Martin Scorsese’s docudrama series about the saints is featuring the queen of all saints: Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on the horizon

April 1, 2026
By 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: ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’

March 31, 2026
By John Mulderig
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The slaughter continues in “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come” (Searchlight), returning directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s follow-up to their supposedly humorous 2019 horror fantasy. The second round of their gruesome competition, it turns out, is just as morally gamey as the first.

Baseball: Beyond Belief

March 31, 2026
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Sports

Written and directed by John Scheinfeld, the movie is based on the book “Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game” primarily authored by John Sexton. A Catholic and former president of New York University, Sexton teaches a class there based on the concepts explored in the film.

‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres

March 30, 2026
By Katie Yoder
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

The star of a popular show about King David is opening up about his personal conversion and the decision that led him to come into full communion with the Catholic Church ahead of the second season’s global premiere.

Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’

March 25, 2026
By Katie Yoder
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

When veteran writer and producer René Echevarria began working on a new show featuring women of the Bible, he knew the project was an answer to prayer.

Movie Review: ‘Reminders of Him’

March 20, 2026
By Joseph McAleer
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Moviegoers can count on consuming quite a few Kleenex while watching “Reminders of Him” (Universal) a romantic drama that, when not taxing the tear ducts, offers a compelling take on loss, grief and reconciliation.

Movie Review: ‘Project Hail Mary’

March 18, 2026
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

A lack of originality, treacly sentiment and a wholly unjustified two-hour, 36-minute running time combine to weigh down the sci-fi adventure “Project Hail Mary” (Amazon MGM).

Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon

March 18, 2026
By 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.

‘The Optimist’ tells story of Holocaust survivor helped by Catholic family

March 18, 2026
By Katie Yoder
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews

Released in theaters nationwide on March 11, “The Optimist” brings to life the incredible story of Heller (1929-2021), who escaped the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz as a teenager before pursuing a successful life in the United States.

St. Patrick’s Day celebration twist: Catholic Irish actress brings pro-life message to Oscars stage

March 17, 2026
By Michael Kelly
OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Respect Life, World News

On March 17, as the world’s 80 million people of Irish descent celebrate Ireland’s national patron St. Patrick — a Briton who brought Christianity to the island in 432 — the Irish convent school that gave the world Oscar-winning actress Jessie Buckley is brimming with pride.

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