Movie Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid” April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Billed as a dark comedy, writer-director Ari Aster’s deep dive into paranoia is instead a nightmarish, three-hour-long odyssey through a landscape of mental misery.
Videogame Review: ‘Have a Nice Death’ April 19, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The Grim Reaper gets his house in order in the visually charming quest-themed game “Have a Nice Death” (Gearbox).
Movie Review: ‘Air’ April 15, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews An apt subtitle for the forceful fact-based drama “Air” (Amazon) might be: “How to Succeed in Business by Trying Really Hard.”
New horror movie on exorcism is ‘story of hope,’ says Jesuit producer April 14, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The Jesuit priest who helped produce “The Pope’s Exorcist” said horror movie fans will be in for “a fun ride” with the new film that stars Russell Crowe.
St. John Paul II’s secretary denies pope’s role in missing ‘Vatican girl’ April 14, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News St. John Paul II’s longtime aide denied the “vile insinuations” that the former pope was maliciously involved in the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl whose 1983 disappearance is the focus of an ongoing Vatican investigation.
Movie Review: ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ April 13, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews There are religious underpinnings to the fact-based emergency-in-the-air drama “On a Wing and a Prayer,” which is streaming now on Amazon Prime.
Good vs. evil: Exorcism becomes hot topic for film, books this Eastertide April 13, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Just as Catholics worldwide commemorated Jesus’ resurrection and his triumph of good over evil on Easter Sunday, theaters across the United States were preparing for the release April 14 of the latest “supernatural horror thriller” of good versus evil with “The Pope’s Exorcist.”
Movie Review: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ April 12, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews No one can accuse the folks behind the animated origin story “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal) of false advertising.
Videogame Review: ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ April 6, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The epic action-adventure game “God of War: Ragnarok” (Sony Interactive Entertainment) is something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s full of dramatic storytelling, rich environments and clever puzzles.
Pope says using Tinder is ‘normal,’ talks inclusivity in Disney documentary April 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ conversation with young people was filmed in June 2022 for a documentary titled “The Pope: Answers,” released on the streaming service Disney+ April 5.
RADIO INTERVIEW: ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ April 3, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Roma Downey, producer, and Doug White, the real-life inspiration for the film, ‘On a Wing and a Prayer,’ about how faith is woven into this tragic – but uplifting – tale.
Movie Review: ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ March 31, 2023By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A voyage through the forbidding landscape known to insiders as the Underdark is as jolly as a skip down the Yellow Brick Road in “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (Paramount).
