This intermittently amusing comedy, a sendup of the hardboiled cop genre, may qualify as a fun spoof for grown-ups. Yet one sequence of utterly tasteless sexual sight gags will leave …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – With “Smurfs” (Paramount), a blend of animation and live action, director Chris Miller has given the titular blue elves, Belgian cartoonist Peyo’s trademark creatures, a …
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Old-fashioned in the best sense, “Superman” celebrates the small-town values with which its protagonist was raised. Yet the screenplay aims for contemporary resonance as well.
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Offered big money by the representative of a pharmaceutical company to help retrieve dinosaur DNA, two special operatives veterans and a paleontologist join on a journey to a remote equatorial …
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‘Tis the season for popcorn pictures and the slick but shallow sports drama “F1 the Movie” (Warner Bros.) fits the bill.
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Intriguing connections are made and emotional insights provided in the course of the animated adventure “Elio” (Disney).
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A decade and a half after its popular animated namesake was released comes the live-action remake “How to Train Your Dragon” (Universal).
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After psychiatric treatment fails to cure the long-time mental troubles of Emma Schmidt, Father Riesinger is authorized to try to free the tormented young woman of demonic possession.
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Catholicism exerted an important influence on the life of actor George Wendt, best known for portraying lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom “Cheers.”
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“Lilo & Stitch” (Disney) is the latest yield of a long-term project on the part of the Mouse House to remake some of their more popular animated features of the …
