Movie Review: ‘Oppenheimer’ July 22, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews If writer-director Christopher Nolan’s impressive but uneven portrait “Oppenheimer” (Universal) is anything to go by, famed theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was a highly complex man.
Fundamental issues raised by twin Hollywood strikes July 19, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The 160,000 actors and 11,500 screenwriters involved in the action against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are concerned about two interrelated threats to their livelihood.
Movie Review: ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ July 18, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In a timely move, the folks behind the slick, vibrant espionage thriller “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” have added an experimental Artificial Intelligence project run amok to their roster of villains.
Movie Review: ‘Miracle Club’ July 16, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews A pilgrimage to Lourdes provides the framework for the tender drama “The Miracle Club” (Sony Classics).
Movie Review: ‘Joy Ride’ July 8, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Hollywood has decided that Asian American women deserve their very own raunchy road movie. And so viewers are invited along for “Joy Ride” (Lionsgate). They’d do well to skip the trip.
Videogame Review: ‘Diablo IV’ July 5, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The latest title in a franchise that’s been going strong since 1997, “Diablo IV” (Blizzard) sees an epic confrontation between a rogue angel and a fugitive demon, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
Movie Review: ‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ July 5, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In theory, the tale of a shy but enthusiastic high schooler who is really a sea creature rather than a human might make for a pleasant diversion. But the major feminist and minor gay agendas that underlie the animated adventure “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (Universal) spoil any potential fun the film might offer.
Movie Review: ‘Sound of Freedom’ June 29, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The story of Ballard’s battle against the sexual enslavement of kids — a horrifying form of depravity that’s disturbingly widespread — makes for a valuable and ultimately uplifting experience.
Caviezel: ‘Sound of Freedom’ a ‘weapon of mass instruction’ to end child trafficking June 28, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Movie & Television Reviews A new film starring Jim Caviezel aims to move millions to end the scourge of child trafficking.
Movie Review: ‘No Hard Feelings’ June 23, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews In the often-raunchy comedy “No Hard Feelings” (Sony) star Jennifer Lawrence plays a woman who agrees to sell her body for a Buick.
Movie Review: ‘The Blackening’ June 22, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “The Blackening” (Lionsgate) is a brilliant comic riff on what constitutes authentic African American identity.
Movie Review: ‘The Flash’ June 16, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A fundamental message about accepting both the good and bad that befall us is mixed up with ingredients that make this a doubtful proposition for the teens at whom, along with grown-ups, the movie is presumably aimed.
