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By: The Catholic Post - October 25, 2018 -
Movie Review
Justin Bruening stars as U.S. Army Chaplain Darren Turner in a scene from the movie "Indivisible." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/courtesy Provident Films)
By Catholic News Service Earnest fact-based drama, set in 2007, in which an inexperienced Protestant Army chaplain (Justin Bruening) finds his pastoral skills, the stability of his marriage (to Sarah Drew) and even his faith tested when he’s assigned to care for a unit deployed on the dangerous outskirts of Baghdad. He helps to make […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
Michael Nyqvist and Gerard Butler star in a scene from the movie "Hunter Killer." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Far-fetched but reasonably entertaining military potboiler puts scowling macho man Gerard Butler at the helm of a U.S. submarine during a potentially war-triggering crisis in relations with Russia. To avert a nuclear holocaust, he must not only do some fancy maneuvering but gain the cooperation of a Russian counterpart (Michael Nyqvist), […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
Casey Affleck, Danny Glover, Forrest Tucker, Robert Redford. Sissy Spacek, Tom Waits
Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford star in a scene from the movie "The Old Man & the Gun." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Writer-director David Lowery’s adaptation of David Grann’s New Yorker magazine profile of Forrest Tucker, who died in prison in 2004, is driven by the conceit of a career criminal as a jaunty old coot. During a wide-ranging spree of heists in 1981, Tucker (Robert Redford) works with two partners (Danny Glover […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 19, 2018 -
Movie Review
Amandla Stenberg, Angie Thomas, George Tillman Jr.
Megan Lawless, Amandla Stenberg and Sabrina Carpenter star in a scene from the movie "The Hate U Give." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Real-life issues of racial justice are explored in this compelling drama, adapted from Angie Thomas’ novel for young adults by screenwriter Audrey Wells and director George Tillman Jr. An African-American teen (Amandla Stenberg) divides her time between her mostly black working-class neighborhood and the predominantly white private school she attends, adjusting […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 17, 2018 -
Movie Review
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers
Jamie Lee Curtis stars in the movie "Halloween." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Some interesting exposition exploring the long-term psychological effects on the heroine (Jamie Lee Curtis) of the eponymous 1978 slasher classic of her near-fatal encounter with masked madman Michael Myers (Nick Castle) during the first of his many blood-soaked rampages soon gives way to an orgy of gruesome and, in at least […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 12, 2018 -
Movie Review
Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Caleel Harris star in a scene from the movie "Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Weak follow-up to the 2015 original revolves around two boys (Jeremy Ray Taylor and Caleel Harris) who find an old manuscript by R.L. Stein (Jack Black) — the real-life author of the “Goosebumps” books — and, by opening it, unleash an evil ventriloquist’s dummy (voice of Mick Wingert) who proceeds to […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2018 -
Movie Review
Jeff Bridges and Cynthia Erivo star in a scene from the movie "Bad Times at the El Royale." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.(CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Religion in general and Catholicism in particular are central to this intense, challenging drama from writer-director Drew Goddard. In 1969, a strange array of guests checks into the past-its-prime hotel of the title which straddles the Nevada-California state line. They include a mild-mannered priest (an enthralling Jeff Bridges), a hard-edged hippie […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 5, 2018 -
Movie Review
Marvel Comics, Michelle Williams, Tom Hardy
Reid Scott, Michelle Williams and Tom Hardy star in in a scene from the movie "Venom." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Sony)
By Catholic News Service While investigating an evil billionaire (Riz Ahmed) who has been secretly experimenting with fusing human beings and aliens into a composite life form, a reporter (Tom Hardy) accidentally undergoes the transformation, which endows him with superpowers but also leaves him unable, at times, to control his own actions. He gets help […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 4, 2018 -
Movie Review
Apollo 11, Claire Foy, Damien Chazelle, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling stars in a scene from the movie "First Man." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Splendid multi-dimensional profile of astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) charting the events that led to his becoming the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 space mission and the first human being to walk on the Moon. In adapting James R. Hansen’s 2005 official biography, director Damien Chazelle melds an intimate portrait […]
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By: The Catholic Post - October 3, 2018 -
Movie Review
Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga star in a scene from the movie "A Star is Born." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service This third remake of a sturdy cinematic warhorse pays occasional homage to its forebears, which only serves to indicate that its formulaic “stand by your man” story is somewhat tattered and dog-eared. The core narrative remains: In show business, for every fresh young talent’s (Lady Gaga) happy ascent to fame and […]
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