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By: The Catholic Post - July 6, 2016 -
Movie Review
Edwin Hodge and Frank Grillo star in a scene from the movie "The Purge: Election Year." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service This third installment in the blood-soaked franchise that started with 2013’s “The Purge” sticks to the commercially tried-and-true formula of appealing to the very impulses it pretends to condemn, using the premise of a dystopian future America where one night a year is set aside for legally sanctioned murder and mayhem […]
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By: The Catholic Post - July 6, 2016 -
Movie Review
Ruby Barnhill and the Big Friendly Giant, voiced by Mark Rylance, appear in the animated movie "The BFG." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage.(CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Lovingly directed by Steven Spielberg, this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s eponymous1982 children’s book combines live actors with motion-capture animation to create superior entertainment for the discerning child who reads — and who enjoys fairy tales with a slightly skewed perspective. The plot centers on the relationship between a 10-year-old London orphan […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 24, 2016 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service A solitary medical student (Blake Lively) is pursued by a great white shark near a secluded Mexican beach and is forced to improvise to save her life. Director Jaume Collet-Serra and screenwriter Anthony Jaswinski at times appear to struggle with sustaining tension while giving their heroine unexpected tasks. Some gore, fleeting […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 24, 2016 -
Movie Review
This is a scene from the movie "Independence Day: Resurgence." The Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. (CNS/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Reprise of the hit alien-fighting epic of 20 years ago, in which the nations of the world united to fight a common foe, led by an inspirational United States president and a swaggering fighter pilot, hasn’t aged well with its premise. Viewers who enjoy alien-invasion epics are unlikely to care so […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 24, 2016 -
Movie Review
Matthew McConaughey and Jacob Lofland star in a scene from the movie "Free State of Jones." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/STX Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service Ambitious, earnest and frequently riveting historical drama about the real-life Mississippi farmer (a charismatic Matthew McConaughey) who led a group of fellow deserters and runaway slaves in an armed campaign against the Confederacy during the Civil War. Writer-director Gary Ross (“Seabiscuit”) spent a decade researching the project in collaboration with various […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 22, 2016 -
Movie Review
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star in a scene from the movie "Central Intelligence." Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. Motion Picture Association of America rating, PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Warner Brothers) See MOVIE-REVIEW-CENTRAL-INTELLIGENCE June 17, 2016.
By Catholic News Service A high IQ is not a prerequisite for seeing this dimwitted action comedy, directed and co-written by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Stuck in a mundane job, and with his marriage to the sweetheart (Danielle Nicolet) of his youth on the rocks, an unhappy accountant (Kevin Hart) who was once voted “most likely […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 22, 2016 -
Movie Review
Animated character Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, appears in the movie "Finding Dory." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service This dandy animated sequel to 2003’s “Finding Nemo” sets that film’s trio of main characters on another epic journey, this one undertaken to reunite the absent-minded blue tang of the title (voice of Ellen DeGeneres) with her long-lost parents (voices of Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy). Her eventful quest, on which […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Jesse Eisenberg stars in a scene from the movie "Now You See Me 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Summit Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service A trio of magicians and illusionists (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and James Franco) — their performing ensemble, the “Four Horsemen,” now rounded out by Lizzy Caplan in lieu of Isla Fisher — returns to execute a complicated, worldwide sting involving a computer circuit that can de-encrypt any system into which it’s […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Toby Kebbell, center, and Rob Kazinsky star in a scene from the movie "Warcraft." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Heavy-handed video game adaptation pitting an army of murderous orcs (including Toby Kebbell) led by an evil wizard (Daniel Wu) against the inhabitants of a fantasy version of Earth. Heading the opposition to the invasion are a wise king (Dominic Cooper), a gallant knight (Travis Fimmel) and two practitioners (Ben Foster […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star in a scene from the movie "The Conjuring 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Horror franchise follow-up drawing, once again, on the exploits of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) has the couple traveling to London to deal with a crockery-smashing poltergeist (Bob Adrian) who’s bedeviling a woman (Frances O’Connor) and her four children (the most prominent played by Madison Wolfe). […]
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