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“The Last Duel” (20th Century)

By: The Catholic Post - October 14, 2021 - Movie Review Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott

Matt Damon stars in a scene from the movie "The Last Duel." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/20th Century Studios via EPK TV)

By Catholic News Service Grim historical drama recounting the friendship-turned-bitter-rivalry of two warriors (Matt Damon and Adam Driver) in 14th-century France, a feud that culminated in a trial by combat after the former’s wife (Jodie Comer) publicly accused the latter of raping her. Director Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Eric Jager’s 2004 fact-based book successively tells […]

“Halloween Kills” (Universal)

By: The Catholic Post - October 13, 2021 - Movie Review Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Michael Myers, Will Patton

James Jude Courtney stars as Michael Myers in a scene from the movie "Halloween Kills." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Ryan Green, Universal Pictures)

By Catholic News Service Together with his script collaborators, Scott Teems and Danny McBride, director and co-writer David Gordon Green makes a ponderous effort to dignify this slaughterfest with a message about mass hysteria, the danger of mobs and vigilantism. As a result, the follow-up to his 2018 reboot of a 40-year-old horror series alternates […]

“No Time to Die” (MGM/United Artists)

By: The Catholic Post - October 13, 2021 - Movie Review Cary Joji Fukunaga, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Lashana Lynch, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek

Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz star in a scene from the movie "No Time To Die." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Nicola Dove, MGM)

By Catholic News Service Trickery vies with trust in Daniel Craig’s fifth big-screen outing as Ian Fleming’s iconic spy James Bond. As Agent 007 experiences romantic complications in his relationship with his latest girlfriend (Lea Seydoux), he also has to contend with the schemes of two villains (Rami Malek and Christoph Waltz), a rift between […]

“The Addams Family 2” (MGM)

By: The Catholic Post - October 1, 2021 - Movie Review animated, Charles Addams, Charlize Theron, Oscar Isaac, Wallace Shawn

This is a movie poster for "The Addams Family 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/MGM)

By Catholic News Service In this animated sequel to the 2019 film, directed again by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, the beloved characters from the imagination of Charles Addams are as creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky as ever, and the humor remains dark and macabre, but overall good-natured. Gomez (voice of Oscar Isaac) and Morticia […]

“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (Columbia)

By: The Catholic Post - October 1, 2021 - Movie Review Andy Serkis, Marvel Comics, Naomie Harris, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson

This is a scene from the movie "Venom: Let There Be Carnage." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony Pictures)

By Catholic News Service The sequel to 2018’s “Venom,” directed by Andy Serkis, is two films in one: a raucous buddy comedy about an investigative journalist (Tom Hardy) and the eponymous alien lizard learning to coexist, and a loud and violent action thriller with multiple villains, all worthy of the Marvel comic source material. An […]

“The Many Saints of Newark” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - October 1, 2021 - Movie Review Jon Bernthal, Michael Gandolfini, The Sopranos

This is a scene from the movie "The Many Saints of Newark." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros. Pictures)

By Catholic News Service Not so much a prequel to “The Sopranos” than a richly textured origin story of Tony Soprano, this is a matter of details to fans of the long-running drama, and confusing to anyone else. Screenwriters David Chase and Lawrence Konnor and director Alan Taylor show us that Tony’s belief, expressed in […]

“Dear Evan Hansen” (Universal)

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2021 - Movie Review Amy Adams, Ben Platt, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Stephen Chbosky, Steven Levenson

Ben Platt and Kaitlyn Dever star in a scene from the movie "Dear Evan Hansen." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal Pictures)

By Catholic News Service Ben Platt reprises his Broadway role as the angst-ridden teen of the title in director Stephen Chbosky’s screen version of the award-winning 2016 musical drama. After the troubled brother (Colton Ryan) of the fellow student for whom the lad yearns (Kaitlyn Dever) takes his own life, a misunderstanding leads the parents […]

“Cry Macho” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2021 - Movie Review Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven

Clint Eastwood stars in a scene from the movie "Cry Macho." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros. Pictures)

By Catholic News Service Clint Eastwood directed and stars in this gentle, though naive, road movie, set in 1980. He plays a burned-out rodeo star who, at the behest of his ex-boss (Dwight Yoakam), a Texas rancher, travels to Mexico to find the cattleman’s preteen son (Eduardo Minett) and bring him to the States to […]

“Copshop” (Open Road)

By: The Catholic Post - September 17, 2021 - Movie Review Alexis Louder, crime drama, Frank Grillo, Gerard Butler, Joe Carnahan, Toby Huss

Gerard Butler stars in a scene from the movie "Copshop." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Kyle Kaplan, Open Road Films)

By Catholic News Service In this tense, gritty crime drama, set in an isolated Nevada police station, a dedicated rookie officer (Alexis Louder) gets caught up in plight of a slippery con artist (Frank Grillo) with a price on his head who is simultaneously being pursued by two contract killers, one (Gerard Butler) somewhat civilized, […]

“Malignant” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - September 10, 2021 - Movie Review

Annabelle Wallis stars in a scene from the movie "Malignant." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros. Pictures)

By Catholic News Service There’s a dreary feel to the early scenes of this horror tale from director James Wan and, though it later perks up to become creatively creepy, the initially somewhat restrained gore factor goes off the charts in a climactic rampage of slicing, dicing and dismemberment. After a mysterious intruder murders her […]

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