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What might have happened had the resolutely atheist father of psychoanalysis met the Christian [...]
A bunch of talented stars headline the comedy "80 for Brady" (Paramount). But they're left becalmed [...]
It may be the end of the world as we know it in "Knock at the Cabin" (Universal). But, unlike [...]
How will you know if you'll really love "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (Sony)? It [...]
How to revitalize the oft-told story of Superman, who made his debut in print way back in 1938? By [...]
In what is becoming a bad habit for the Mouse House (witness the "pro-choice" theme in "Turning [...]
Bathroom humor reaches new heights -- make that depths -- in "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank" [...]
A '70s vibe adds verve to the animated origin story "Minions: The Rise of Gru" (Universal). Thus [...]
Wise men say only fools rush in -- and skip seeing "Elvis" (Warner Bros), a highly entertaining, [...]
It's old home week for a $5 billion sci-fi franchise. That's because "Jurassic World Dominion" [...]
In adapting a long-running Fox TV show for the big screen, directors Loren Bouchard and Bernard [...]
Off they go into the wild blue yonder -- again -- in "Top Gun: Maverick" (Paramount), a rousing [...]
There's some good news about the evangelical comedy "Family Camp" (Roadside): Predictably, it's [...]
The award for the most appropriate film title of 2022 goes to "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of [...]
The heist genre gets a fresh burst of frenetic energy with the animated comedy "The Bad Guys" [...]
Positive priest characters are certainly a rarity in contemporary films. So Catholics will welcome [...]
There's a certain irony in describing "Windfall" (Netflix) as a character-driven thriller, if only [...]
"Hotel Transylvania: Transformania" (Amazon) -- the fourth installment in the animated franchise, [...]
A climactic sequence in the sci-fi action adventure "The Adam Project" (Netflix) finds the preteen [...]
Viewers will find themselves thoroughly absorbed by "The Batman" (Warner Bros.). Director and [...]
One way to grab moviegoers' attention is to threaten those on screen with doomsday. It's a [...]
In 2017, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin were among the executive producers of the HBO documentary [...]
For most of its running time, the romantic comedy "Marry Me" (Universal) registers as an amiable, [...]
In 2017, Kenneth Branagh directed and starred in a generally satisfying adaptation of Agatha [...]
Kevin James plays former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton in the fact-based sports comedy [...]
Jeremy Irons as British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain dominates the historical drama "Munich: [...]
You wouldn't care to spend the rest of your life floating unconscious in a pod full of goo, would [...]
Cheerful as a dance floor boot scoot and livelier than a touchdown drive, the sports-themed, [...]
"Sing 2" (Universal), writer-director Garth Jennings' follow-up to his 2016 animated musical [...]
Action, humor and drama are skillfully combined in "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (Columbia), the lavish [...]
The set of "I Love Lucy" was a toxic workplace. At least, that's how it's portrayed in [...]
What do you get when you combine composer Leonard Bernstein, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, playwright [...]
Close to four decades after Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Harold Ramis took on a [...]
Given that it charts the rapidly deepening bond between a kid and a pooch, "Clifford the Big Red [...]
Not so much a prequel to "The Sopranos" than a richly textured origin story of Tony Soprano, "The [...]
The endearing animated comedy "Ron's Gone Wrong" (20th Century) gets a lot of things [...]
The gripping sci-fi epic "Dune" (Warner Bros.) arrives on screen with a notable real-life [...]
In the animated comedy "The Addams Family 2," the beloved characters from the imagination of [...]
While believers will appreciate the occasional religious detail in the film, salty language and a [...]
Honesty, we're assured, is the best policy. For an object lesson in just how badly awry even a [...]
Writer-director Kay Cannon's screechy romance "Cinderella" (Amazon) is an obnoxious corruption of [...]
Sprightly wit paces the elegant martial-arts showdowns in director and co-writer Destin Daniel [...]
Since premiering on Nickelodeon in 2013, the Canadian-produced cartoon series "PAW Patrol" has [...]
The challenges of being the only hearing member of a close-knit family are movingly explored in the [...]
Matt Damon plays a man in search of redemption and renewal in the bleak yet touching drama [...]
For most of its running time, the lighthearted adventure "Jungle Cruise" (Disney), adapted by [...]
There's a strained tone to "Space Jam: A New Legacy" (Warner Bros.), director Malcolm D. Lee's [...]
Nondenominational religious flourishes and an emphasis on the value of family offset occasionally [...]
Its chaotic plot and somewhat colicky disposition may leave viewers of the sequel "The Boss Baby: [...]
While it does nothing to solve the perennial problem for real-life parents that obedient children [...]
The beloved characters created by Beatrix Potter in her series of children's books stray even [...]
Pedigree is important where horses are concerned, and the equine-themed animated adventure "Spirit [...]
"A Quiet Place Part II" (Paramount) drains away the suspense, analogies and underlying message [...]
In 2015, a French journalist who now calls herself Anna Erelle published the memoir "In the Skin of [...]
Though it's adapted from a book that's over a decade old, "Monster" (Netflix), director Anthony [...]
Innovative producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the team behind 2018's "Spider-Man: Into the [...]
The tedious sci-fi parable "Voyagers" (Lionsgate) seems designed to prove that in space, no one can [...]
A musical romance with an evangelical Christian twist, "A Week Away" (Netflix) could be described [...]
It's easy to sympathize with mom and dad, Allison (Jennifer Garner) and Carlos (Edgar Ramirez) [...]
In 1940, director John Ford adapted John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the year [...]
The year just past must rank as the most tumultuous for the film industry at least since the [...]
The ethnic, sectional and economic tensions of the Reconstruction era are explored in the epic [...]
Long reviled as a pale afterthought compared to its two predecessors, 1990's "The Godfather Part [...]
The interest high-ranking officials in the Third Reich showed in collecting valuable art — more [...]
The drama "Let Him Go" (Focus), writer-director Thomas Bezucha's adaptation of Larry Watson's 2013 [...]
Humor goes AWOL during "The War With Grandpa" (101 Studios). While director Tom Hill's flimsy [...]
The early medieval "Ballad of Mulan" tells of the exploits of a heroine who, disguised as a man, [...]
Though it reaches a heartwarming conclusion, the trajectory of the animated adventure "Onward" [...]
"Never was there such a dog," says grizzled Yukon explorer John Thornton (Harrison Ford), admiring [...]
Aesthetically impressive but morally flawed, "The Photograph" (Universal) is a mature romantic [...]
Exactly a century ago, British author Hugh Lofting published "The Story of Doctor Dolittle," the [...]
"1917" (Universal) is a great movie about the Great War. By turns harrowing and lyrically beautiful [...]
What middling community theater is to Broadway, "Playmobil: The Movie" (STX) is to the Lego film [...]
As the days of 2019 dwindle down to a precious few, we're unlikely to see the year produce a more [...]
"Ford v Ferrari" (Fox) revels in its 1960s gender stereotypes, evoking a "Great Man" age of auto [...]
"Arctic Dogs" (AMBI Group) serves up family-friendly fare, scoring high on the cuteness meter [...]
Those creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky characters from the imagination of Charles Addams [...]
Origin stories of Batman villains don't get any darker than this one. Director Todd Phillips and [...]
"Adorable" has a new synonym: "Abominable" (DreamWorks), a charming animated film which transforms [...]
The Latin motto from which the compelling sci-fi drama "Ad Astra" (Fox) takes its title assures us [...]
Loosely based on the case histories of real-life wounded veterans, writer-director Alex [...]
Film fans generally and viewers of faith in particular will find much to appreciate in the [...]
Much feathery fun is packed into "The Angry Birds Movie 2" (Sony), the latest animated installment [...]
Advances in moviemaking technology allow a story that could only previously be told as a cartoon to [...]
Snappy and substantial, "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (Columbia), director Jon Watts' follow-up to [...]
Lessons about overcoming fear and helping those in need are featured in "The Secret Life of Pets 2" [...]
Moviegoers turning to the senior-themed comedy "Poms" (STX) in the hope of being treated to the [...]
By turns lyrical and moving, "Tolkien" (Fox Searchlight) is a sophisticated profile of the future [...]
There was a time in the 1970s when Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh (1917-2015) seemed to be [...]
"UglyDolls" (STX) call to mind that age-old saying, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." They’re [...]
Aficionados of the Marvel Comics universe are likely to be thrilled by the sweeping epic "Avengers: [...]
"Ain't nobody got time for reality," says Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall), the successful but [...]
The sight of a cuddly baby elephant taking to the skies is clearly meant to send spirits soaring in [...]
The hard-hitting, fact-based drama "Unplanned" (Pure Flix) dares its viewers to confront the [...]
The most frequently used word in the animated adventure "Wonder Park" (Paramount) is [...]
Lavish origin story finds the superhero of the title (Brie Larson) faithfully serving the alien [...]
In his 1922 book "What I Saw in America," the great Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton reflects on how [...]
The fact-based story of a tight-knit British family obsessed with the sport of wrestling makes for [...]
In this clever send-up of romantic comedies, an architect (Rebel Wilson) who's a cynical critic of [...]
Everything is (still) awesome in this spirited and amusing animated sequel to 2014's "The Lego [...]
Who needs a roller coaster when you have "Dragon Ball Super: Broly" (Fox), a dizzying Japanese [...]
The Arthurian legend gets an inventive updating in this thrilling adventure that casts [...]
Fans of 2017's "A Dog's Purpose" may be anxious to catch the quest-based adventure "A Dog's Way [...]
The story behind the fact-based tale "Welcome to Marwen" (Universal) is a compelling one. And it [...]
A four-year passion project for director Peter Jackson, this innovative documentary on the First [...]
To reinforce the proposition that Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were, and still are, sacred icons of [...]
"Green Book" (Universal) opens with a singer in the Copacabana nightclub in New York belting out [...]
The burly demolition specialist who lent his name to 2012's "Wreck-It Ralph" returns to the big [...]
German author E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" has proven a remarkably [...]
In 2015, Jack Black portrayed real-life author R.L. Stein in the eponymous cinematic adaptation of [...]
By turns the intimate portrait of its elusive subject's inner life and a lavish look back at the [...]
The third remake of that sturdy warhorse "A Star Is Born" (Warner Bros.) pays occasional homage to [...]
Turning the legend of Bigfoot on its head with plenty of laughs along the way comes the animated [...]
A crisis of faith can certainly serve as the basis for a compelling drama. In the case of the [...]
After becoming the first African-American police officer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the [...]
This is a gentle but bland tale of a teen motocross racer (Alex Neustaedter) who happens upon, [...]
For parents and comic fans weary of the adult nature of many modern superhero films, a safe refuge [...]
World War II movies are their own genre but not many film stories are told from the Jewish [...]
Written by Elissa Matsueda and Erica Oyama and directed by Ken Marino, the new comedy "Dog Days" [...]
It's always dangerous to tamper with perfection. And, if there were ever a perfect world, it must [...]
Tom Cruise's by-now iconic American agent Ethan Hunt is at the top of his game in the engrossing [...]
Like the excursion around which it's built, the animated kids' comedy "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer [...]
NBA fans will likely appreciate the mostly harmless sports comedy "Uncle Drew" (Summit). Viewers [...]
The first family of superheroes returns in "Incredibles 2" (Disney), the highly anticipated sequel [...]
One of the intractable complications of sailing on the Pacific Ocean, we are told very early in the [...]
Before he grew up to be Harrison Ford, intergalactic freebooter Han Solo was Alden Ehrenreich — or [...]
"Life of the Party" (Warner Bros.) turns out to be an especially poor choice of title for a [...]
Combine familiar comic book figures with the memorable time-warp premise of 1993's "Groundhog Day," [...]
Writer-director Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs" (Fox Searchlight) pushes the limits of his [...]
On July 18, 1969, commander Neil Armstrong and his crew were hurtling toward the moon aboard Apollo [...]
In the long history of the Church, perhaps no partnership has been more consequential than that [...]
Director Ava DuVernay's youth-oriented fantasy film "A Wrinkle in Time" (Disney) wants to blow your [...]
By turns suspenseful, darkly comic and stridently moral, this slightly fictionalized account of the [...]