The John Ronald Reuel Tolkien of Dome Karukoski’s film has all the raw ingredients he needs to become J. R. R. Tolkien.
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How do you minister at an all-boys Catholic school? Use ‘Avengers: Endgame’
God can speak to us in unexpected ways—sometimes, even through a superhero movie.
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‘Never Look Away’ is not your usual pro-life film. But it’s now available in theaters.
In ‘Never Look Away,’ the murderous eugenicist and the abortionist, the Nazi and the Communist, become one.
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“Mary Magdalene” is a fierce, feminist parable
The new film is in many ways an act of love, an effort to tell its story both freshly and honestly, with fidelity to Scripture.
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Review: “Peterloo” is a look into the effects of politics, trauma and class
Under a remarkably convincing recreation of 1819 England is both the brutality and the self-righteousness exhibited by the haves, when the have-nots ask for more.
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Was 1939 the best year for Hollywood films?
From 1939: It was a busy year for America’s film reviewer, who wrote as many as four reviews a week.
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“The Devil’s Doorway”: a horror film that gives tribute to the women of Magdalene laundries
The event that takes place in “The Devil’s Doorway,” a horror film from the Irish director Aislinn Clarke, may or may not be a miracle—but it exposes a truth about who we are, we who crucified Christ.
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Pro-life or pro-choice, “Unplanned” will get under your skin.
The new movie tells the true story of a Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist.
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Living and loving with cystic fibrosis in ‘Five Feet Apart’
For people living with this chronic illness seeing aspects of their daily life on screen can be startling and affirming.
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Jordan Peele’s “Us” is a story about family and what it means to be American
“Us” treads some of the most trampled ground in contemporary horror: 1980s nostalgia; guilt and rage over inequality.