Movie Reviews

From the moment of his election in early 2013, Pope Francis naturally became one of the world’s most newsworthy individuals. But it was especially in the latter half of his …

From the silent era through the mid-1960s, Bible-based films constituted a reliable staple of Hollywood’s output.

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Motion pictures based on popular video games may have found their perfected form in “A Minecraft Movie” (Warner Bros.). The film is unrelentingly upbeat and …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – The formula is an old, but by no means venerable, one in Hollywood. Give a character with a military background an excuse to put his …

(OSV News) — Despite the considerable amount of controversy that surrounded it, including allegations of anti-Semitism, Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical drama “The Passion of the Christ” was sufficiently popular that …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Beginning with its 2017 pilot episode and a first full season that kicked off in 2019, showrunner Dallas Jenkins’ Gospel-based TV series “The Chosen” has …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Moviegoers may wish they had a dose of “Novocaine” (Paramount) to get them through the revolting carnage that increasingly marks this action comedy starring Jack …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – In recent years, Disney has been recasting some of its most successful animated films into live-action offerings. The notion of including the studio’s landmark 1937 …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Viewers of “The Last Supper” (Pinnacle Peak), director and co-writer Mauro Borrelli’s dramatization of events surrounding the Passion, may be able to tell that he …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Following its 2019 release, helmer and co-writer Bong Joon Ho’s dark comedy “Parasite” won accolades for its intriguing approach to social commentary. In fact, it …