By: The Catholic Post - December 19, 2019 -
Movie Review
Bryan Stevenson, Destin Daniel Cretton, Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx star in a scene from the movie "Just Mercy." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service A Harvard educated lawyer (Michael B. Jordan) strives, with the help of a local activist (Brie Larson), to save the life of an Alabama death-row prisoner (Jamie Foxx) convicted on feeble evidence of the murder of an 18-year-old white woman. As the attorney tries to convince the key witness in the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - November 24, 2018 -
Movie Review
Dolph Lundgren, Florian Munteanu, Michael B. Jordan, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson
Sylvester Stallone, Wood Harris, Michael B. Jordan and Jacob Duran star in a scene from the movie "Creed II." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/MGM)
By Catholic News Service Viewers will know what to expect from this extension of the “Rocky” franchise long before they buy a ticket. Yet the tried and true, against-the-odds formula still works somehow. Early on in this chapter of the saga, the boxer of the title (Michael B. Jordan), with the help of his hard-driving […]
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By: The Catholic Post - February 16, 2018 -
Movie Review
Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Marvel Comics, Michael B. Jordan
Lupita Nyong'o and Chadwick Boseman star in a scene from the movie "Black Panther." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Walt Disney Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Sprawling, energetic but ultimately overlong Marvel Comics adaptation from director and co-writer Ryan Coogler. The young sovereign (Chadwick Boseman) of an imaginary — and secret — African kingdom where the use of a super-powerful mineral has enabled the population to achieve both prosperity and a range of technological wonders unknown to […]
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