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By: The Catholic Post - March 17, 2017 -
Movie Review
Emma Watson stars in a scene from the movie "Beauty and the Beast." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Disney’s live-action adaptation of its beloved 1991 animated film is an imaginative if problematic work, an old-fashioned Hollywood musical with an arresting visual style. The eponymous lovely (Emma Watson) exchanges places with her kidnapped father (Kevin Kline) in a haunted castle inhabited by a furry monster (Dan Stevens), who is in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 17, 2017 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service Poorly conceived drama about workplace competition, probably intended as an allegory, wallows in meaningless gore. Employees of a Colombia field office of a faceless American corporation are ordered, on the PA system, to start killing each other so that more won’t die. Director Greg McLean and screenwriter James Gunn orchestrate a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 13, 2017 -
Movie Review
Rosamund Pike, Madison Manowe and David Oyelowo star in a scene from the movie "A United Kingdom." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Everyone’s an archetype in this historical drama about an African prince (David Oyelowo) from the British protectorate of Bechuanaland (the future Botswana) who faced down mid-20th-century racial prejudice to marry a white office worker (Rosamund Pike) he met in post-World War II London. Although dealing in generalities can be an efficient […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 13, 2017 -
Movie Review
This is a scene from the movie "Kong: Skull Island." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Impressive monster movie, set in 1973, in which an ensemble of scientists and soldiers — the civilians led by a fringe researcher (John Goodman), the troops by a hard-bitten colonel (Samuel L. Jackson) — travel to a previously uncharted island where they encounter an updated version of King Kong. As a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 8, 2017 -
Movie Review
Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman star in a scene from the movie "Logan." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Dreary killing fest in which the grumpy mutant of the title (Hugh Jackman) — a Marvel Comics character better known as Wolverine — uses his machete-like claws to perforate all who threaten him. His main adversary is the agent (Boyd Holbrook) of a company that has set itself the goal of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 3, 2017 -
Movie Review
Octavia Spencer and Sam Worthington star in a scene from the movie "The Shack." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service After his young daughter (Amelie Eve) is abducted and murdered, a previously devout man (Sam Worthington) has a crisis of faith until a supernatural encounter with the Trinity (Octavia Spencer, Avraham Aviv Alush and Sumire) alters his perspective. Beautiful settings and a sense of humor help to keep director Stuart Hazeldine’s […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 3, 2017 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service A supernatural mystery rather than a traditional superhero battle, this animated straight-to-video release from DC Comics contains quite a lot of material unsuitable for kids, including the sickening sight of a monster made of living human excrement. The protagonist, John Constantine (voice of British actor Matt Ryan), is an occult detective […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 3, 2017 -
Movie Review
Logan Miller and Zoey Deutch star in a scene from the movie "Before I Fall." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Open Road)
By Catholic News Service Sound values underlie this conversion story. But the path toward its positive conclusion takes twists and turns that will give the parents of targeted teens pause in considering whether their kids should travel it. A seemingly successful high school student (Zoey Deutch) dies in a car crash, only to awaken again […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 1, 2017 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service Steal something, speed, crash, repeat. This action film features so much demolition derby, it becomes somewhat more entertaining, just on the basis of sheer volume, to focus on that rather than the thin drug-smuggling plot. A young American (Nicholas Hoult) living in Germany returns to a career of crime in order […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 25, 2017 -
Movie Review
Animated characters Bodi, voiced by Luke Wilson and Angus Scattergood, voiced by Eddie Lzzard, star in a scene from the movie "Rock Dog." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service High in the Himalayas, a Tibetan Mastiff (voice of Luke Wilson) dreams of becoming a musician in this feeble animated comedy, directed and co-written by Ash Bannon. The eponymous canine persuades his father (voice of J.K. Simmons) and the village elder (voice of Sam Elliott) to let him seek his destiny […]
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