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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Megan Fox and Stephen Amel appear with animated characters Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael in the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service With a clear target audience of adolescent boys, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael take on an evil scientist bent on world domination, and sometimes discuss the importance of teamwork and what it means to be fully human. Director Dave Green and screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec remain faithful to the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin star in a scene from the movie "Me Before You." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Though it begins as a charming love story with a strong pro-life message, this grand-scale weepie, set primarily in England, veers off course toward a climactic endorsement of behavior no one committed to scriptural values can accept. A vibrant young woman (Emilia Clarke) becomes caretaker and companion to the wheelchair-bound victim […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Andy Samberg stars in a scene from the movie "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS photo/Universal Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Andy Samberg headlines a mock documentary about inept rap musician Conner4Real, who starts out as one-third of a hip-hop boy band and after launching a solo career finds he’s not equipped to handle success, or failure, on his own. Dotted with cameos by a host of musicians, this banal spoof is […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 30, 2016 -
Movie Review
Jennifer Lawrence and Evan Peters star in a scene from the movie "X-Men Apocalypse." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Directed by Bryan Singer from a script by Simon Kinberg, this ninth film in the Marvel Comics series raises the bar on mindless mayhem. It lays waste famous landmarks in eye-popping 3-D to the backing of a soundtrack that will have viewers longing for some aspirin. Unearthed by overzealous archeologists, history’s […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 26, 2016 -
Movie Review
Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska star in a scene from the movie "Alice Through the Looking Glass." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Disney)
By Catholic News Service The heroine of this forced, mechanical follow-up to Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” (2010) is not Lewis Carroll’s curious 7-year-old girl but rather an intrepid sea captain with an entrepreneurial streak who refuses to bend to the will of a patriarchal society. Fueled by empathy and an appetite for risk, Alice […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 25, 2016 -
Movie Review
Chuck, voiced by Josh Gad, and Red, voiced by Jason Sudeikis, appear in the animated movie "The Angry Birds Movie." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Sony)
By Catholic News Service Take an addictive phone app, contrive a plot to “explain” motivations, chuck in puns, a bit of potty humor and lengthy slapstick sequences, and you have the recipe for this inane 3-D animated adaptation. Co-directors Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly track the efforts of a trio of flightless friends (voices of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
Tom Hanks stars in a scene from the movie "A Hologram for the King." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service The simple joys of a stable career and a second chance at love are celebrated in this adaptation of Dave Eggers’ 2012 novel, which stars Tom Hanks as a U.S. businessman trying to persuade the King of Saudi Arabia to invest in a holographic teleconferencing system. Following the pattern set in […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
Julia Roberts and George Clooney star in a scene from the movie "Money Monster." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Sony)
By Catholic News Service The flamboyant host (George Clooney) of a TV investment show gets his comeuppance when an angry viewer (Jack O’Connell) who was ruined by following his bum advice takes him hostage on air in this entertaining but evanescent thriller from director Jodie Foster. The intruder demands to know why the much-hyped stock […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
Ewan McGregor stars as Jesus in a scene from the movie "Last Days in the Desert." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Broad Green Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Toward the end of his 40 days of fasting and prayer in the desert, Jesus (Ewan McGregor) — here called by his Hebrew name, Yeshua — spends time with a family of wilderness dwellers, becoming emotionally invested in the conflict between the father (Ciaran Hinds) and his teen son (Tye Sheridan) […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan star in a scene from the movie "Marvel's Captain America: Civil War." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Disney)
This turbulent comics-based adventure is more an ensemble piece featuring the whole Avengers crew of superheroes than an outing primarily focused on the titular good guy (Chris Evans). Yet, as the group splits over whether to submit to United Nations supervision — public concerns have been raised over the collateral damage their crusades tend to […]
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