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“The Mauritanian” (STX)

By: The Catholic Post - March 1, 2021 - Movie Review Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in a scene from the movie "The Mauritanian." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Graham Bartholomew, STXfilms)

By Catholic News Service Director Kevin Macdonald’s fact-based film doesn’t adhere to the conventions of a legal drama or a police procedural. Instead, it focuses on the moral implications of the struggle to free a falsely accused prisoner (Tahar Rahim), with brilliant results. In adapting Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s 2015 memoir “Guantanamo Diary,” screenwriters M.B. Traven, […]

“Mary Magdalene” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2019 - Movie Review Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Tahar Rahim

By Catholic News Service Respectful but off-key profile of the biblical saint (Rooney Mara) portrays her decision to join the Apostles in following Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) as a feminist gesture of rebellion against her family and their effort to force her into an arranged marriage. St. Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) comes off as an egotistical villain […]

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