Movie Reviews

Looking for some movies to watch during Advent? Here are some that may help to explore more deeply the meaning of Christmas.

In the lead-up to Pope Leo XIV’s Nov. 15 meeting with a group of Hollywood actors and directors, the Vatican offered an insight into the American-born pontiff’s cinematic taste by …

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.

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.

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 …

‘Tis the season for popcorn pictures and the slick but shallow sports drama “F1 the Movie” (Warner Bros.) fits the bill.

Intriguing connections are made and emotional insights provided in the course of the animated adventure “Elio” (Disney).