Given the dramatic nature of his conversion and long-lasting, widespread influence, it’s no surprise that the life of St. Francis has often been portrayed on film.
MPAA rating: PG-13
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“Hamnet” (Focus) is a lyrical but emotionally wrenching drama, a film that is both too intense and too complicated for kids.
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To mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the first film in director Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, all three movies will be in theaters Jan. …
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“Avatar: Fire and Ash” brings forward thematic elements that had previously been kept in the background of the franchise and that viewers of faith will find it impossible to accept …
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Clues and conundrums aren’t the only things that need to be sorted through in the murder mystery “Wake Up Dead Man” (Netflix).
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Looking for some movies to watch during Advent? Here are some that may help to explore more deeply the meaning of Christmas.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
