MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ June 1, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews It’s been three long years since Maggie Smith’s tart-tongued matriarch, Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, got off one of her memorable zingers. So it must be time for “Downton Abbey: A New Era” (Focus).
MOVIE REVIEW: Top Gun: Maverick May 26, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, Uncategorized Off they go into the wild blue yonder — again — in “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount), a rousing sequel to the 1986 blockbuster about one of the U.S. Navy’s elite flying squadrons and its gaggle of cocky fighter pilots.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Bob’s Burgers Movie May 26, 2022By John Mulderig Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews In adapting a long-running Fox TV show for the big screen, directors Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman mix wry observations and quirky personalities with a few jaunty songs to give us “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” (20th Century).
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Family Camp’ May 18, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews There’s some good news about the evangelical comedy “Family Camp” (Roadside): Predictably, it’s almost squeaky clean and thus appropriate for a wide range of age groups. But that’s, alas, where the glad tidings about this leaden production cease.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ May 9, 2022By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The award for the most appropriate film title of 2022 goes to “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (Disney). Truly, this is a maddening, multidimensional, decidedly strange, yet typically “Marvel”-ous movie based on the comic book series.
TV REVIEW: ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ May 5, 2022By Chris Byrd Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Billed as a continuation — not a reboot — the eponymous 10-episode limited-series drama “The Man Who Fell to Earth” premiered April 24, 10-11 p.m. on Showtime. It will continue in that time slot throughout its run, concluding July 3.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Northman’ April 28, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Set at the turn of the 10th century, the Viking epic “The Northman” (Focus) seeks to immerse viewers in the Nordic culture of that era.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Bad Guys’ April 27, 2022By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The heist genre gets a fresh burst of frenetic energy with the animated comedy “The Bad Guys” (Universal). This high-octane, older-kid-friendly caper is veteran animator Pierre Perifel’s feature debut — and the neophyte director nails it.
Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department April 20, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie.
Priest: Film on lives changed by Holy Hour will move viewers ‘to action’ April 20, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews “Alive,” a new documentary made in Spain by Bosco and Hakuna Films, tells the stories of five people changed by their encounter with the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist during Holy Hour.
MOVIE REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore April 20, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has proved to be a mine of prodigious riches for its creator, J.K. Rowling.
MOVIE REVIEW: Father Stu April 12, 2022By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews Positive priest characters are certainly a rarity in contemporary films. So Catholics will welcome the uplifting fact-based biography “Father Stu”.
