NEW YORK (OSV News) – Designed to present a portion of the Gospel narrative to fans of mixed martial arts fighting and heavy metal music, the biblical drama “The Carpenter” …
Movie Reviews
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(OSV News) — In 2012, when Michelle Duppong, who was about to become director of adult formation for the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, asked Jacqueline Matta Balzer if she …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – A serious, even lugubrious, tone and a top-flight cast add heft to the ecclesiastical melodrama “Conclave” (Focus). Yet the film is fundamentally a power-struggle potboiler …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — Cast aside any concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence — “The Wild Robot” (Dreamworks) has arrived, a Mary Poppins bot ready to chase your …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — Any connection between the animated adventure “Transformers One” (Paramount) and the great Catholic historian Lord Acton may seem unlikely. Yet director Josh Cooley’s film is …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Many have observed that one of the characteristic strengths of President Ronald Reagan’s political career was the fact that he focused on a few strongly-held …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan can be credited with a certain degree of originality in the crafting of his thriller “Trap.” And, though the film as …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Evident good intentions are not matched by dramatic craftsmanship in the fantasy “Harold and the Purple Crayon” (Columbia). Though director Carlos Saldanha’s blend of animation …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Will the space race-themed romantic comedy “Fly Me to the Moon” (Columbia) fill moviegoers’ hearts with song? Perhaps not, but it is a snappy production …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Though it comes across as somewhat unfocused, the animated comedy “Despicable Me 4” (Universal) retains much of the charm that has characterized the whole series …
