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Movie & Television Reviews

Just what is the truth about Norma McCorvey?

May 27, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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, 2020
By 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.

Movie Review: ‘Underwater’

January 9, 2020
By John Mulderig
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News

Like the ocean depths in which it’s set, director William Eubank’s monster movie “Underwater” (Fox) is dim and murky.

The most unexpectedly religious film of the year

April 26, 2018
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Blog, Movie & Television Reviews, Word on Fire

I am going to maintain that A Quiet Place is the most unexpectedly religious film of 2018.

Director of ‘The Star’ aimed for fresh look at Nativity

November 9, 2017
By Christopher Gunty
Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews

Presenting the story of the Nativity from the perspective of the animals allowed the producers and director to see the well-known narrative from fresh eyes. In an interview for the “Catholic Baltimore” radio show, director Timothy Reckart discusses the goals of those who produced the movie, which opens Nov. 17.

Travolta movie films scenes at St. Michael, Fells Point

May 14, 2003
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News

Disney film crews were on site at St. Michael from April 27 to May 2 filming the baptism and funeral scenes and a Christmas Midnight Mass scene.

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