NEW YORK (CNS) — There’s a moral underlying the magic-themed thriller “Now You See Me 2” (Summit). It concerns being true to yourself while not always […]
Movie: ‘Now You See Me 2’
Movie: ‘Warcraft’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Anyone who has ever doubted the genius of Catholic novelist J.R.R. Tolkien need look no further than the heavy-handed video game adaptation […]
Movie: ‘The Conjuring 2’
NEW YORK (CNS) — There’s not much magic in “The Conjuring 2” (Warner Bros.). What this possession-themed horror story does have are two principal spirits haunting […]
DC’s ‘rebirth’: a return to happy superheroes?
NEW YORK (CNS) — Superheroes have gotten too serious. That’s the takeaway from “DC Universe: Rebirth,” the famed publisher’s new series of comics through which it […]
“Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism,” various dates, PBS
NEW YORK (CNS) — There’s good news for Catholic viewers and all those with an interest in history: The compelling documentary “Liberating a Continent: John Paul […]
Rhys Bowen: Still a place for faith in mystery writer’s body of work
TORONTO (CNS) — British-American writer Janet Quin-Harkin, better known to her many readers as Rhys Bowen, recently returned to her California home from Las Vegas, where […]
Book: History a refreshing departure from overly pious views of St. Francis
“The Enthusiast: How the Best Friend of Francis of Assisi Almost Destroyed What He Started” by Jon M. Sweeney. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2016). […]
Movie: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’
NEW YORK (CNS) — Genetic engineering explained so that 13-year-old boys can easily comprehend it is one of the features of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out […]