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).
Movie Review: ‘The Grizzlies’ August 11, 2020By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Director Miranda de Pencier’s drama tells the inspiring true story of a town that suffered the highest suicide rate in North America but found hope through the introduction of a lacrosse program for its teens.
Good films about the ‘Good War’: A viewer’s guide to WWII movies July 30, 2020By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Catholic News Service provides capsule reviews about movies on the Second World War.
Flannery O’Connor documentary opening in mid-July at virtual theaters July 11, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News “Flannery,” a documentary about the life and writings of Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor, opens in select virtual cinemas nationwide July 17.
Movie Review: ‘The Outpost’ July 7, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News With a commendable sensitivity to both the inanities and the unrelenting raw horror of combat — and careful attention to the emotional lives and steadfast valor of soldiers — “The Outpost” (Screen Media) seems likely to become an instant classic of the war-film genre.
Just what is the truth about Norma McCorvey? May 27, 2020By John Mulderig Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News While McCorvey’s real outlook and motivation remain elusive, two things can be said with certainty: first, that she was a complicated person and second, that everyone interviewed for filmmaker Nick Sweeney’s profile of McCorvey has an agenda of his or her own.
Movie Review: ‘I Am Patrick’ March 11, 2020By Sister Hosea Rupprecht Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The reasons the church continues to honor the Apostle of Ireland more than 1,500 years after his death shine forth in the film “I Am Patrick” (CBN), a docudrama screening in theaters for two nights only, March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day — and March 18.
Movie Review: ‘Les Miserables’ February 13, 2020By Kurt Jensen Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News “Les Miserables” (Amazon) has no connection to Victor Hugo’s classic novel of the same name other than its setting — the rundown Paris suburb of Montfermeil, where the poor still struggle and continue to distrust authority figures.
Movie Review: ‘Gretel and Hansel’ February 6, 2020By Kurt Jensen Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The film covers the familiar outlines of the old story, with two children negotiating a dark and very foggy forest as they escape a famine-scarred home life in search of food and security.
Movie Review: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ January 23, 2020By Kurt Jensen Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News As with many satires, the makers of “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight) don’t care much whether an audience likes their film — or understands all of it.
