Movie Review: ‘Fast X’ May 17, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews As its title indicates, “Fast X” (Universal) is the 10th direct installment of the “Fast & Furious” car-racing franchise that first put the pedal to the metal back in 2001.
TV Review: ‘Citadel’ May 10, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Amnesia is a hoary device for inserting drama into a fictional tale, and the writers of the hard-edged but less than convincing espionage yarn “Citadel” rely heavily on it.
Movie Review: ‘Big George Foreman’ May 10, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Sports Sports and faith come together in this generally family-friendly and appealing fact-based biography of the titular heavyweight boxing champion.
Movie Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ May 4, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews There’s a somber tone to long patches of this wrap-up of James Gunn’s trilogy, which also lacks the verve that characterized its predecessors.
Despite disability, young man directs film — in Lourdes, France May 4, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews The young Polish student directed a documentary on other disabled people traveling to Lourdes for an annual May pilgrimage with the Order of Malta.
Videogame review: ‘Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores’ May 3, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Fans of the popular post-apocalyptic “Horizon” franchise can unlock some enticing downloadable content with “Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores” (Sony Interactive Entertainment).
Movie Review: ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Although the film “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is a generally upbeat affair, such caution is not entirely unwarranted.
Movie Review: ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ April 26, 2023By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The realistic-feeling, albeit not fact-based, adventures the screenplay chronicles are not for the fainthearted — nor for those who object to soldierly swearing.
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.
