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By: The Catholic Post - June 14, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ernest Tidyman, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Story
Samuel L. Jackson stars in a scene from the movie "Shaft." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)
By Catholic News Service Viewers’ reaction to this fifth movie in a series dating back to 1971 and ultimately derived from the novel by Ernest Tidyman will largely depend on how seriously they take its title character’s tainted personal and professional morality. Undeniably violent and vulgar, director Tim Story’s film also winks at do-it-yourself justice […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 13, 2019 -
Movie Review
Chris Hemsworth, F. Gary Gray, Liam Neeson, Tessa Thompson
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson star in a scene from the movie "Men In Black: International." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Amusing and stylish sci-fi comedy teams an avid rookie (Tessa Thompson) and an experienced agent (Chris Hemsworth) on the titular secret force dedicated to regulating human interactions with aliens as they hunt down the extraterrestrials who assassinated a royal visitor from a distant planet. Director F. Gary Gray’s globetrotting reboot of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 11, 2019 -
Movie Review
Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling
Emma Thompson stars in a scene from the movie "Late Night." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Amazon Studios)
By Catholic News Service Decidedly improbable and scattershot comedic elements give this film the look of something that had its dents hammered out in the editing room. Even so, it’s still an uplifting story, scripted by Mindy Kaling, briskly directed by Nasha Ganatra and partly based on Kaling’s own experiences as a TV scribe trying […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2019 -
Movie Review
Charleston, documentary, gun violence
This is a scene from the documentary "Emanuel." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Fathom Events)
By Catholic News Service Chronicling the events of June 17, 2015, when a gunman opened fire during a Bible study being conducted at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, this moving documentary celebrates the lives of the victims as well as the love and forgiveness demonstrated by the survivors and family […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 6, 2019 -
Movie Review
Marvel Comics, X-Men
Tye Sheridan, James McAvoy, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Alexandra Shipp star in a scene from the movie "Dark Phoenix." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)
By Catholic News Service Marvel Comics-based sci-fi adventure, set mostly in 1992, in which a member (Sophie Turner) of the X-Men team of mutants comes close to dying during a mission to save the crew of the space shuttle but instead emerges from the experience endowed with cosmic powers she cannot control. As she goes […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 6, 2019 -
Movie Review
Max, voiced by Patton Oswalt, Duke, voiced by Eric Stonestreet, and Liam, voiced by Henry Lynch, appear in the animated movie "The Secret Life of Pets 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Amusing antics and a lively pace make this follow-up to the 2016 original, helmed by returning director Chris Renaud, an entertaining cartoon for kids. The most prominent of the three storylines involves a fretful terrier (voice of Patton Oswalt) who learns to be more courageous when his owners take him and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Jamie Bell, Reginald Dwight, Taron Egerton
Taron Egerton stars in a scene from the movie "Rocketman." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Though polished and generally appealing, this musical fantasy recounting the early life of rock star Elton John (Taron Egerton) deals with his homosexuality in a way that puts it at odds with scriptural values. Born to self-centered, perpetually quarreling parents (Bryce Dallas Howard and Steven Mackintosh), young Reginald Dwight (Matthew Illesley, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ken Watanabe and Kyle Chandler star in a scene from the movie "Godzilla: King of the Monsters." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service The messy plot of this grating sequel to 2014’s “Godzilla” centers on a divorced couple (Kyle Chandler and Vera Farmiga) and their teen daughter (Millie Bobby Brown) who get caught up in a worldwide rampage by outsized monsters known as Titans. Human interest gets trampled underfoot as the lumbering creatures screech […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 29, 2019 -
Movie Review
Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers and McKaley Miller star in a scene from the movie "Ma." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service There are more laughs than chills to be garnered from this horror tale in which the new girl in a small Ohio town (Diana Silvers) is befriended by a group of her fellow high school students (most prominently McKaley Miller and Corey Fogelmanis) and together they begin partying at the home […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 27, 2019 -
Movie Review
Jackson A. Dunn stars in a scene from the movie "Brightburn." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Screen Gems)
By Catholic News Service Messy, gory and numbing slaughter that tries to meld the creation myth of the “Superman” saga with the demon-spawn story of “The Omen.” A boy (Jackson A. Dunn) on the cusp of adolescence, who has arrived in his Kansas town from somewhere in outer space, slowly discovers he has immense strength […]
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