NEW YORK (CNS) — Busy 3-D visuals fail to mask the flat tone and by-the-numbers storytelling of the animated sci-fi adventure “Ratchet & Clank” (Gramercy). In […]
Movie: ‘Ratchet & Clank’
Movie: ‘Mother’s Day’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Nearly everyone in the sprawling ensemble comedy “Mother’s Day” (Open Road) harbors a secret. They are, quite often, terribly complicated mysteries involving […]
Movie: ‘Eye in the Sky’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The suspenseful military drama “Eye in the Sky” (Bleecker Street) examines a sprawling topic, the war on terrorism, by focusing on the […]
Book: Intense book challenges status quo on churches’ approach to racism
“Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Sees Racism” by Drew G.I. Hart. (Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 2016). 205 pp., $16.99. White Christians, and particularly […]
Series: ‘The Story of God’ ponders life, death and the divine
NEW YORK (CNS) — Weighty issues of life, death and the divine take center stage in “The Story of God,” an ambitious series now showing on […]
Movie: ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’
NEW YORK (CNS) — “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” (Universal) is both a prequel and a sequel. As such, it falls between two stools — with a […]
Book: Collection explores ‘playing ball’ from Catholic viewpoints
“Youth Sport and Spirituality: Catholic Perspectives,” edited by Patrick Kelly, SJ. University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2015). 308 pp., $37. In an age […]
Movie: ‘Criminal’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The spirit of “Young Frankenstein” looms over the contrived plot of the mind-swap yarn “Criminal” (Summit). Since the newer film is meant […]