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 […]
Series: ‘The Story of God’ ponders life, death and the divine
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 […]
Movie: ‘The Jungle Book’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Forest, fauna and beast never looked as good as they do in “The Jungle Book” (Disney), a lavish retelling of the 1894 […]
Movie: ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’
NEW YORK (CNS) — “Barbershop: The Next Cut” (Warner Bros.), director Malcolm D. Lee’s third entry in a franchise that began in 2002, is a fundamentally […]
Book: Mystery, suspense novels set in Minnesota are page-turners
“The Life We Bury” by Allen Eskens; Seventh Street Books, October 2014; 303 pp; $15.95 “The Guise of Another” by Allen Eskens; Seventh Street Books, October […]
Movie: ‘Hardcore Henry’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The obscenely violent sci-fi action flick “Hardcore Henry” (STX) is presented entirely from the point of view of the title character, a […]