Movie Review: ‘Martin Eden’ November 11, 2020By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The latest big-screen adaptation of London’s semi-autobiographical tale — an Italian-language film with English subtitles — offers a refreshing new take on the rags-to-riches saga.
Movie Review: ‘Come Play’ November 4, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News If the monster movie “Come Play” (Focus) is only reasonably effective in frightening its audience, it is at least refreshingly free of objectionable material, including gore.
Movie Review: ‘Fishbowl’ October 29, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Logical flaws make this drama’s plot difficult to embrace, or even comprehend. Some dialogue expressing the inner lives of the characters would have been a great help.
Movie Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ October 22, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Aaron Sorkin skillfully evokes the tensions of a troubled era that has unfortunate parallels to our own unsettled times.
Movie Review: ‘Yellow Rose’ October 15, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Paragas has constructed a kind and ethical world, sanding away the unpleasant realities of political contention, overt racism and the threat of sexual predation.
Movie Review: ‘Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton’ October 7, 2020By John Mulderig Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The moving documentary “Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton” (ArtAffects) lucidly chronicles its subject’s life and feels imbued with his warm and fervent spirit.
Movie Review: ‘Antebellum’ September 24, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Far-fetched and ham-fisted, the grim fantasy “Antebellum” (Lionsgate) is marked by an outlook on timely racial issues that lacks both balance and a humane spirit.
Movie Review: ‘Infidel’ September 24, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News In dealing with religious conflict in Iran, it stereotypes Muslims as having beaky noses, scowling constantly and being prone to wishing, and committing, violence on those who disrespect Islam.
Movie Review: ‘Mulan’ September 16, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News The film is sprawling and picturesque. And, as scripted by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin, it salutes courage, solidarity and devotion to family while also showcasing the conversion of one of its villains.
Movie review: ‘Tenent’ September 4, 2020By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News “Tenet” can be enjoyed as an overstuffed globetrotting adventure. Think James Bond on Red Bull, only this time the villain is pursued in the past as well as in real time.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Dick Lyles discusses the making of the movie, ‘Fatima’ August 24, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Christopher Gunty talks with Dick Lyles, one of the producers of the movie, “Fatima,” about the challenges of the project and the blessings that have come from it already.
Movie Review: ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy ‘ August 12, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, World News There’s Arianism, Nestorianism, semi-Pelagianism and now there’s “The Burnt Orange Heresy” (Sony).
