Arts & Culture

The easily identifiable purpose of the adolescent romance “The Sun Is Also a Star” (Warner Bros.) is to make teenage girls swoon by presenting them with the beau ideal of a beau.

The formation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board regulatory body in the 1990s was partly brought about by the notorious reputation of the first title in the “Mortal Kombat” fighting-game franchise.

Moviegoers turning to the senior-themed comedy “Poms” (STX) in the hope of being treated to the kind of zingy dialogue and amusing antics that made the NBC sitcom “The Golden Girls” so popular will come away sadly disappointed.

There are few topics more important to Catholic life than sacraments, and these three books are all intended to help explore this underexamined area of our faith.

What began as the fulfillment of a personal goal became a life-changing endeavor when Father Michael Tobin entered the Boston Marathon as a charity runner this spring.

“The Hustle” (MGM) suffers from being a mechanical ride, punctuated by occasional attempts at crass humor, through a plot based on outdated notions of cleverness and sophistication.

Devotees of the global media juggernaut that takes its name from the Japanese for pocket monsters will no doubt welcome “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” (Warner Bros.), the first live-action feature in the franchise that began with video games in the 1990s.

Canadian hockey legend Red Kelly, a member of four Stanley Cup-winning teams in Detroit and another four in Toronto, died May 2, 2019, in Toronto at age 91.