NEW YORK (OSV News) – If writer-director Christopher Nolan’s impressive but uneven portrait “Oppenheimer” (Universal) is anything to go by, famed theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was a highly complex …
Movie Reviews
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – A pilgrimage to Lourdes provides the framework for the tender drama “The Miracle Club” (Sony Classics). By turns humorous and touching, director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s delicate …
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(OSV News) — When the public face of a Hollywood strike consists of famous — and presumably well-compensated — actors brandishing picket signs, it’s easy to assume the matter is …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – “God’s children are not for sale.” Such is the motto of Tim Ballard, the indefatigably determined real-life crimefighter portrayed by Jim Caviezel in the fact-based …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Ah, time travel. It’s long been a favorite device for screenwriters who like to pile up the possibilities — and paradoxes — that might flow …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Can there ever be too many iterations of everybody’s favorite amalgam of arachnid and human? Not according to the sequel “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony) …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The idea of updating a classic film is always a dangerous one. But, provided there’s a better motive at work than mere hubris, it can …
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(OSV News) – The man, the pugilist, the grill, it’s all there in “Big George Foreman” (Sony). What may surprise viewers who haven’t followed the titular fighter’s career closely is …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Chris Pratt reprises his starring role as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney), and writer-director James Gunn returns to …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – An apt subtitle for the forceful fact-based drama “Air” (Amazon) might be: “How to Succeed in Business by Trying Really Hard.” The film’s positive underlying …
