NEW YORK (CNS) — Let’s get this much out of the way first: “The Witch” (A24) is not an instructional film for Satanic practices. So whatever […]
Movie: ‘The Witch’
Movie: ‘Deadpool’
NEW YORK (CNS) — There’s punk in the fancy, cultural, Johnny Rotten sense of the term, and then there’s the plain old meaning of the word […]
Movie: ‘How to Be Single’
NEW YORK (CNS) — There’s a disconcerting moral snag in “How to Be Single” (Warner Bros.), an otherwise appealing, if slightly raunchy, romantic comedy. This ethical […]
Movie: ‘Zoolander 2’
Above: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Kyle Mooney star in a scene from the movie “Zoolander 2.” The Catholic News Service classification is O — morally […]
Movie: ‘Risen’ helps revive the biblical epic
NEW YORK (CNS) — For more than 40 years, the biblical epic was a recognized — and reliably popular — Hollywood genre. Conveniently, if not with […]
Movie: ‘Hail, Caesar!’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The February release date of writers and directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s comedy “Hail, Caesar!” (Universal) could hardly be more appropriate. That’s […]
Movie: ‘The Choice’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Ever since “The Notebook” in 2004, film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ novels have descended into benign, prepackaged comfort food. So it is […]
Movie: ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’
NEW YORK (CNS) — That rustling sound you hear is Jane Austen and her crinolines. They’re spinning in the grave they share over a transgression called […]