As its title suggests, the comedy “Coyote vs. Acme” (Ketchup Entertainment), which blends live action with animation, concerns a legal case. Namely, a tort suit brought by Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote against the Acme Corporation alleging that the company has repeatedly sold him dangerously defective products.

“The Dog Stars” (20th Century) tries to overcome its ostensible status as a post-apocalyptic shoot ’em up by exploring the need for a supportive and compassionate spirit of community in the wake of a worldwide flu pandemic. But the effort proves less than successful.

The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of Sept. 13, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.

The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of Sept. 6, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.

There’s not much cinematic bounty to be derived from “Mutiny” (Lionsgate). A star vehicle for the ever-brooding Jason Statham, director Jean-François Richet’s action flick is dreary from the start and eventually deteriorates into an explicitly revenge-driven bloodbath.

Self-sacrificing maternal love animates the thin plot of “Insidious: Out of the Further,” the sixth installment in the eponymous horror franchise.

The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of Aug. 30, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.

In this episode of Catholic Review Radio, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty interviews Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda, promoter of the canonization cause of Father Stanley Rother, a priest from Oklahoma who became a martyr in Guatemala.

Gosh darn those pesky wormholes! One day, you’re living in the safety of an early 1980s suburb and the next you find that your entire neighborhood has somehow been transported to the era when dinosaurs roamed — and ruled — the Earth.

On Sept. 23, 2017, some 20,000 congregants gathered at Oklahoma City’s Cox Convention Center for the beatification of Father Stanley Rother. It was a landmark event in that Father Rother was the first U.S priest to be declared blessed on the basis of martyrdom.