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By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
Margot Robbie stars in a scene from the movie "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Frank Masi, Paramount Pictures)
By Catholic News Service A low moral tone pervades this fact-based blend of comedy and drama, set in the early 2000s, about a deskbound reporter (Tina Fey) who impulsively transforms her life by becoming a war correspondent in Afghanistan. As she befriends her guide and translator (Christopher Abbott) as well as one of her few female […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 10, 2016 -
Movie Review
A rookie bunny cop and a fugitive fox star in a scene from the animated movie "Zootopia." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents.
By Catholic News Service Anthropomorphism runs amok in this 3-D animated comedy-adventure with animals of all shapes and sizes assuming human traits and jabbering away as they earn a living in the bustling metropolis of the title. A bright-eyed, bushy-tailed suburban-reared rabbit (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) joins the city police department but faces resentment and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 1, 2016 -
Movie Review
Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman star in a scene from the movie "Eddie the Eagle." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)
By Catholic News Service Generally uplifting fact-based drama in which a working-class English lad (Taron Egerton) aspires to become an Olympic athlete. The barriers standing in his way include a childhood disability, a near-total lack of natural talent, the dyed-in-the-wool snobbery of the British sports establishment and the firm opposition of his practical-minded father (Keith […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 1, 2016 -
Movie Review
Courtney Eaton and Brenton Thwaites star in a scene from the movie "Gods of Egypt." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Summit Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service This unintentionally funny swords-and-sandals epic about warring deities in ancient Egypt, directed with deadly seriousness by Alex Proyas, unfolds at a furious pace — a fantasy adventure turned frenetic video game. A wicked god (Gerard Butler) usurps the throne of his brother (Bryan Brown), slaying him in the process, and gouges […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 26, 2016 -
Movie Review
Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck star in a scene from the movie "Triple 9." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. CNS/Open Road Films
By Catholic News Service Cops honest and otherwise clash with Russian mobsters on the mean streets of Atlanta in this extremely violent thriller directed by John Hillcoat. A mafia moll (Kate Winslet) blackmails corrupt officers (most prominently Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anthony Mackie) into carrying out a bank robbery, hoping to free her jailed lover back […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 19, 2016 -
Movie Review
Stephan James stars in a scene from the movie "Race." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service Olympic track and field legend Jesse Owens (Stephan James) is the focus of this entertaining film, chronicling Owens’ journey to the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where he won four gold medals and, as an African American, single-handedly dealt a devastating blow to Nazism and its belief in Aryan supremacy. Owens […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 19, 2016 -
Movie Review
Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton star in a scene from the movie "Risen." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS /Columbia Pictures)
By Catholic News Service A Roman tribune (Joseph Mulderig) who witnessed the execution of Jesus (Cliff Curtis) is ordered by Pontius Pilate (Peter Firth) to investigate the disappearance of the crucified man’s body, and recover the missing corpse. But the hunt, in which he’s aided by an ambitious, though untested junior officer (Tom Mulderig), turns […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin star in a scene from the movie "Deadpool." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS /Fox)
By Catholic News Service Sarcasm and splatter add up to a nasty odyssey in this vengeance-driven Marvel Comics adaptation from director Tim Miller. Diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly after finding true love (with Morena Baccarin), a former Special Forces operative (Ryan Reynolds) seizes on the offer of an underground cure. Though the treatment to which […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2016 -
Movie Review
Rebel Wilson and Dakota Johnston star in a scene from the movie "How to Be Single." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service A discordant moral snag mars this otherwise appealing, if slightly raunchy, romantic comedy about characters (Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie, among others) testing their capacity to settle into monogamous relationships and genuine adulthood. The overall positive trajectory of director Christian Ditter’s adaptation of Liz Tuccillo’s 2007 novel is impeded […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 12, 2016 -
Movie Review
George Clooney stars in a scene from the movie "Hail, Caesar!" The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience. (CNS photo/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Set in 1950s Hollywood, this comedy’s plot about the kidnapping of a major star (George Clooney) and a conscientious studio executive’s (Josh Brolin) efforts to retrieve him without creating unwanted headlines is merely an excuse for writers and directors Joel and Ethan Coen to spoof golden-age Tinseltown. Those lovingly satirized include […]
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