“Five Feet Apart” (Lionsgate), a generally engaging young-adult romantic drama about the redeeming power of sacrificial love, is aimed, with the precision of a heat-seeking missile, at 17-year-old girls.
Movie: ‘Five Feet Apart’
Movie: ‘Wonder Park’
The most frequently used word in the animated adventure “Wonder Park” (Paramount) is “splendiferous.”
A moral force or a fake? A closer look at Tyler Perry’s Madea
The arrival of “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” billed as the last of Perry’s 11 films featuring his signature alter ego, Mabel “Madea” Simmons, would appear to be an ideal opportunity for reflection on what this character has meant as a moral force.
Movie: ‘Captain Marvel’
Wit, positive messages and lavish production values buoy the origin story “Captain Marvel” (Disney).
Movie: ‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral’
Tyler Perry has given his alter ego Mabel “Madea” Simmons, in what is billed as the final film of her escapades, a sweet and funny valedictory in “A Madea Family Funeral” (Lionsgate).
Bishop ‘touched emotionally’ by film on Father Tolton’s boyhood, family
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry, postulator of Father Augustus Tolton’s sainthood cause, said he was “touched emotionally” by the portrayal of the African-American priest’s boyhood and family life in the new short film “Across.”
Movie: ‘Greta’
Regrets about “Greta” (Focus)? You’ll have a few. But this psychological thriller still rises to the level of a guilty pleasure thanks to the abundant talent of its lead players, Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz.
Twin messages of ‘Unplanned’: ‘Be bold’ but show ‘mercy and redemption’
Faith, forgiveness and healing were some of the central topics that emerged during a recent panel discussion about the forthcoming abortion-themed film “Unplanned” at New York City’s Sheen Center for Thought & Culture.