Reviews

Michigan-based novelist Angela Shupe’s debut work, “In the Light of the Sun,” can be seen as a testament to the power of art and music to lighten even the most …

Much has been written about keeping Christ in Christmas but Catholic children’s author Anthony DeStefano’s new book “All Hallows’ Eve” is helping to keep the Hallow — or “holy” — …

It is tempting to make the problem of evil into an intellectual puzzle, trying to fit jagged pieces together into a pleasing whole.

For better or worse, the sports biopic “The Smashing Machine” (A24) registers as a highly realistic film.

The two-act musical “Bernadette of Lourdes” will begin an American tour in 2026, and a video of the show in French with subtitles will be in theaters Sept. 28-29, 2025.

(OSV News) — After climbing the podcast charts with “Rosary in a Year,” Father Mark-Mary Ames of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal recently released “Eight Promises of God: Discovering Hope …

“Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing” Charles Camosy, Our Sunday Visitor (2025) 184 pages, $20.95 The slogan many proponents and supporters of euthanasia and physician-assisted …

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 …

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 …

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.