Movie Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ September 23, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News Director Stephen Chbosky’s screen version of the award-winning 2016 Broadway hit is marked, overall, by upright fundamental values.
Movie Review: ‘Cinderella’ September 16, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News Writer-director Kay Cannon’s screechy romance “Cinderella” (Amazon) is an obnoxious corruption of the classic folk tale, the most familiar version of which was penned by French writer Charles Perrault in the 17th century.
Movie Review: ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ September 8, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News A spry wit paces the elegant martial-arts showdowns in director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton’s Marvel Comics-derived adventure “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
Movie Review: ‘Candyman’ August 27, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, World News By the time of its conclusion, “Candyman” has degenerated into a fantasy of racial revenge wholly at odds with Gospel values.
Movie Review: ‘PAW Patrol: The Movie’ August 25, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, World News With the arrival of “PAW Patrol: The Movie” (Paramount), the titular rescue crew of pups bring their adventures to a multiplex near you. The result is a breezy, tenderhearted film suitable for all.
Movie Review: ‘The Protege’ August 20, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Director Martin Campbell’s sleek yet brutal thriller “The Protege” (Lionsgate) not only depicts the activities of its principal characters, all of them assassins, in unsparing bloody detail. It also presents its own alternate version of morality.
Movie Review: ‘Reminiscence’ August 20, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Part dystopian adventure, part neo-noir mystery, “Reminiscence” (Warner Bros.) is undone by its own sense of importance.
Movie Review: ‘CODA’ August 10, 2021By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The challenges of being the only hearing member of a close-knit family are movingly explored in the drama “CODA” (Apple TV+), the title of which is an acronym for child of deaf adults. That phrase describes the situation of the film’s main character, 17-year-old Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones).
Movie Review: ‘The Green Knight’ August 4, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News An Arthurian legend comes to the big screen in writer-director David Lowery’s “The Green Knight” (A24). Lovely to look at but difficult to plumb, the film successfully immerses viewers in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.
Movie Review: ‘Stillwater’ August 4, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Matt Damon plays a man in search of redemption and renewal in the bleak yet touching drama “Stillwater”.
Movie Review: ‘Jungle Cruise’ July 28, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News For most of its running time, the lighthearted adventure “Jungle Cruise” (Disney), adapted by director Jaume Collet-Serra from a Magic Kingdom theme park ride, registers as a diverting, if insubstantial, fantasy.
Movie Review: ‘Old’ July 28, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News A day at the beach is no day at the beach in the thriller “Old” (Universal).
