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