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By: The Catholic Post - February 14, 2019 -
Movie Review
Christoph Waltz and Rosa Salazar star in a scene from the movie "Alita: Battle Angel." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Adapted from a series of graphic novels by Yukito Kishiro by screenwriter James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez, this futuristic action adventure follows the romantic and crusading exploits of the titular cyborg (Rosa Salazar). After a specialist in human-mechanical fusion (Christoph Waltz) finds her in a garbage dump and restores her […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 14, 2019 -
Movie Review
Adam Devine, Liam Hemsworth, Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth star in a scene from the movie "I'sn't it Romantic." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service In this clever send-up of romantic comedies, an architect (Rebel Wilson) who’s a cynical critic of the genre gets a blow to the head and wakes up in a transformed version of her world, one filled with all the cliches of the films she disdains. One of her potential clients (Liam […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 14, 2019 -
Movie Review
Jessica Rothe stars in a scene from the movie "Happy Death Day 2U." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service A science experiment gone awry once again traps the college student protagonist (Jessica Rothe) of the 2017 original in a time warp, dooming her to relive her birthday, and her murder at the hands of a masked killer during it, over and over again until she, her boyfriend (Israel Broussard) and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
Jackson Robert and Taylor Schilling star in a scene from the movie "The Prodigy." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/MGM)
By Catholic News Service Edgy creepy-kid tale in which a gifted 8-year-old (Jackson Robert Scott) born on the same day that a serial killer (Paul Fauteux) was gunned down by police shows signs of having a split personality, the darker side of which disturbs and bewilders his caring parents (Taylor Schilling and Peter Mooney). Though […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
"What Women Want", Adam Shankman, Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson stars in a scene from the movie "What Men Want." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Workplace comedy based on 2000’s “What Women Want” examines female empowerment and the constant mutual misunderstandings that beset the sexes. Taraji P. Henson plays a high-powered, foul-mouthed sports agent whose career stalls because she fails to connect well with men. A magic potion gives her the ability to read male minds […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
Tom Bateman and Liam Neeson star in a scene from the movie "Cold Pursuit." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.(CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service A grieving father (Liam Neeson) embarks on a murderous rampage to avenge the death of his son (Micheal Richardson) in this bloodthirsty crime thriller, directed by Hans Petter Moland. As the father wades into the seedy underbelly of the town and disposes of accomplices, he inches closer to the drug kingpin (Tom […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 8, 2019 -
Movie Review
"The Lego Movie"
Animated characters Lucy, voiced by Elizabeth Banks, and Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt, appear in "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Everything is (still) awesome in this spirited and amusing animated sequel to 2014’s “The Lego Movie,” directed by Mike Mitchell. A mild-mannered construction worker (voice of Chris Pratt) is called again to save the day when the queen (voice of Tiffany Haddish) of a far-off galaxy kidnaps his lady love (voice […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ricardo Abarca, Jorge Millan, Miguel Plata, Erick Delgadillo, Ismael Cruz and Gina Rodriguez star in a scene from the movie "Miss Bala." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony Pictures)
By Catholic News Service While visiting her best friend (Cristina Rodlo) in Mexico, a Los Angeles makeup artist (Gina Rodriguez) is abducted by the leader (Ismael Cruz Cordova) of a drug cartel and finds herself caught between the gangster and a DEA agent (Matt Lauria) with both intent on blackmailing her into cooperating with them. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
Alfonso Cuaron
By Catholic News Service Meditative autobiographical drama chronicling the life of a middle-class family (led by Marina de Tavira) in the titular neighborhood of Mexico City in the early 1970s focuses primarily on the breakup of the parents’ marriage and on the out-of-wedlock pregnancy of their devoted maid (Yalitza Aparicio). Grown viewers with long attention […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 24, 2019 -
Movie Review
anime
Animated characters Vegeta and Goku appear in the movie "Dragon Ball Super: Broly." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Funimation)
By Catholic News Service This Japanese anime film is strictly for fans of its fantasy franchise, which has spawned 19 previous movies and countless video games. In a distant corner of the galaxy, a master race produces two potential leaders, one (voice of Sean Schemmel) grows up to be good, the other (voice of Vic […]
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