Tag: Movie review

The new "Knives Out" movie is out on Netflix, and Catholic commentators are rightly fascinated by its winsome portrayal of a young Catholic priest, the protagonist accused of committing the film's locked-room murder.

The touching though flawed fact-based drama Soul on Fire (Sony) recounts events in the life of author and inspirational speaker John O'Leary. As played by Joel Courtney, he makes a thoroughly sympathetic protagonist.

The sci-fi action movie "Tron: Ares" (Disney) represents the Mouse House's second big-screen attempt to recapture the magic of what turned out to be a remarkably prophetic 1982 feature, now regarded as a cult classic.  

It’s entertaining enough but the Truth is missing from the latest Marvel movie.

A good classic film for the family this Easter (or any) season is the 1998 animated classic The Prince of Egypt. Nearly 30 years on from its first appearance, DreamWorks’ debut film remains its premiere, capturing the hearts and minds of viewers the world over.

Doing the right thing is never easy, if it was everyone would do it—but what happens when doing the right thing could jeopardise everything you hold dear?

A lot could be said about the newest addition to Disney’s classics turned live action slate: it’s ugly, it’s off-putting, it’s a poor version of the original. Snow White is all these things at the same time—and in spades.

Flow is the kind of film which can only come from someone who has three things: a love of the cinema, an idea, and a lot of patience.

Following a man who can live, die, and live again and the social system he lives in on the faraway space colony of Niflheim, Mickey 17 searches for answers to questions about a society perhaps not too different from our own.

Director Richard da Costa and co-writer Alex Parkinson fictionalise a 2012 diving accident into the rescue drama "Last Breath" (Focus). The result is a mostly pleasing celebration of friendship, teamwork, determination and grit.

A globe-trotting adventure awaits in Paddington in Peru (Columbia), the third film in the series featuring the red hatted and blue duffle-coated talking bear (voice of Ben Whishaw) that kicked off in 2014.

The Brutalist follows László Tóth, leaving a lasting impression of the trauma and struggle of reintegrating into World War II left on its survivors.