Category: Movies

Movie Review – Joy Loosely based on the life of Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing “Miracle Mop” and a cable television sensation, this madcap tale about a dysfunctional family hoping to hit the...

By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service – Movie Review – The Good Dinosaur A warm and fuzzy take on the human-dino dynamic of the “Jurassic” films, this 3-D comedy-adventure makes wholesome and hilarious entertainment...

By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service, Movie Review - Point Break “Point Break” (Warner Bros.), director Ericson Core’s remake of the 1991 crime adventure, comes to 3-D life whenever someone in the cast is skydiving,...

By John P McCarthy, Catholic News Service – Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens With “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Disney), the most popular series in film history resurfaces after a 10-year hiatus....

Movie Review – There’s just no way to “Love the Coopers” (CBS Films), a vulgar comedy about four generations of a dysfunctional family gathered for Christmas Eve. A Norman Rockwell painting this is not....

Movie Review – Creed - ”One step, one punch, one round at a time” is the mantra of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in “Creed” (Warner Bros.). This seventh “Rocky” film is an imaginative and –...

Spectre By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Movie Review -  A car chase through St. Peter’s Square and a flippant joke about joining the priesthood aside, the 24th James Bond film, “Spectre” (Columbia), has predictably...

Brooklyn By John P. McCarthy, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – Few immigrants to America can be said to have had it easy. Part and parcel of the immigrant experience, no matter the...

Pan By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – Fidgeting with the iconic characters of a classic story is a dicey business at best. So it’s no great surprise that “Pan” (Warner...

Black Mass By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – The somber fact-based crime drama “Black Mass” (Warner Bros.), adapted from the eponymous book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, chronicles the...

The Walk By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – In August 1974, just as the Watergate scandal was approaching its climax with the announcement that President Richard Nixon would resign, a...

Straight Outta Compton By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) – The proper limits of free speech and the appropriate use of violence are just two of the topics raised in the...