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By: The Catholic Post - January 18, 2016 -
Movie Review
Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong and Ice Cube star in a scene from the movie "Ride Along 2." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Universal)
By Catholic News Service In following up on his 2014 comedy, director Tim Story benefits from a script (by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi) that tones down the original’s relentless vulgarity. An elevated vocabulary fails to carry with it a higher quotient of laughs, however. Nor does the second chapter of this odd-couple story pairing a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Norm, voiced by Rob Schneider, and other animated characters, appear in the movie "Norm of the North." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS photo/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service A wisecracking polar bear (voice of Rob Schneider) ventures south to New York City to save his home environment from destruction in this silly but harmless animated comedy directed by Trevor Wall. As he goes up against a maniacal developer (voiced by Ken Jeong) who’s out to build luxury housing on […]
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By: Tom Dermody - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Brett Granstaff, white pants, stars in a scene from the movie "The Masked Saint." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Freestyle)
Unlikely — yet fact-based — story of a professional wrestler-turned-pastor (Brett Granstaff) who resumes his career in the ring to raise money for his crumbling church while also fighting crime as a masked vigilante by night. He draws encouragement in his against-the-odds day job — and inspiration to rethink his sideline — from his supportive […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Edgar Ramirez and Luke Bracey star in a scene from the movie "Point Break." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Director Ericson Core’s remake of the 1991 crime adventure, which has bank-robbing extreme athletes in place of the original’s thieving surfers, comes to 3-D life whenever someone in the cast is skydiving, riding massive waves, zooming through the Alps in a wingsuit or clinging to the sheer face of a Venezuelan […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Christian Bale stars in a scene from the movie "The Big Short." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service The run-up to the financial crisis that began in 2007 provides the backdrop for director and co-writer Adam McKay’s ensemble dramatization — based on the real events recounted in Michael Lewis’ 2010 book — about a handful of individuals who foresaw the collapse of America’s housing market. Despite virtually universal opposition […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez star in a scene from the movie "Joy." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Fox)
By Catholic News Service Loosely based on the life of Joy Mangano, inventor of the self-wringing “Miracle Mop” and a cable television sensation, this madcap tale about a dysfunctional family hoping to hit the big time is written and directed by David O. Russell. Jennifer Lawrence plays the divorced mother of two who struggles mightily […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Will Smith stars in a scene from the movie "Concussion." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Columbia Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Fact-based profile of Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), the Nigerian-born, Pittsburgh-based coroner whose autopsy of a retired professional football player (David Morse) led to his discovery that repeated jolts to the brain, such as those sustained on the gridiron, can cause a degenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. Together […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bruce Dern star in a scene from the movie "The Hateful Eight." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS photo/Weinstein)
By Catholic News Service A sprawling, occasionally comic, hugely self-indulgent and long (183 minutes, including an intermission) vengeance tale best enjoyed only by Quentin Tarantino’s most ardent fans. When the characters, trapped in a rustic Wyoming hostelry in a blizzard, finish some of the dullest dialogue ever put on celluloid, they usually spring into unexpectedly […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 15, 2016 -
Movie Review
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in a scene from the movie "The Revenant." 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 A wilderness survival drama, directed and co-written by Alejandro Inarritu, based on the life of Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), an explorer and fur trader in the American West of the 1820s. On an expedition up the Missouri River led by a military captain (Domhnall Gleeson), Glass is attacked by a grizzly […]
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By: The Catholic Post - January 14, 2016 -
Movie Review
Chewbacca, played by Peter Mayhew, and Harrison Ford star in a scene from the movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Disney)
By Catholic News Service After a 10-year hiatus, the iconic science-fiction franchise is rejuvenated courtesy of a lucid plot, abundant humor and the introduction of two dynamic new heroes: a young scavenger (Daisy Ridley) and a disaffected foot soldier (John Boyega) of the Dark Side. Together, they help Jedi warrior Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and […]
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