Tag: Catholic movie review
Shazam! — A-III (PG-13)
Family life is exalted over egotistical self-reliance in “Shazam!” (Warner Bros.), director David F. Sandberg’s DC Comics-based origin story.
Mary Poppins Returns — A-I (PG)
It has taken more than half a century, but at long last “Mary Poppins Returns.” The result is a delightful sequel to the 1964 classic that will divert all but the youngest and most skittish members of the family.
Creed II — A-III (PG-13)
Moviegoers under 33 take note: You had yet to be born when “Rocky IV,” the 1985 film that hovers in the background of the sports drama “Creed II,” was released.
A Quiet Place – A-III (PG-13)
The compact, stylish horror film “A Quiet Place” might be a parable about resisting tyranny.
Early Man — A-II (PG)
Nick Park, the creative genius behind so many Aardman Animations claymation comedies spanning more than two decades, finally makes his feature-length directing debut with “Early Man.”
Downsizing
An odd combination of elements makes up the offbeat drama “Downsizing.” But the residue that remains with viewers is ultimately a positive one.
A Bad Moms Christmas
Aggressive vulgarity is the incongruous hallmark of the holiday-themed sequel “A Bad Moms Christmas.”
Geostorm
Mostly murky with a strong chance of boredom is the forecast for “Geostorm.” Never, perhaps, has the potential wiping out of life on Earth seemed so ho-hum.
The Snowman
Though it presents itself as a complex, thinking person’s thriller, “The Snowman,” director Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s best-selling crime novel, is not above dabbling in penny-dreadful sensationalism.
Only the Brave
The heartbreaking true story of an elite Arizona firefighting team comes to the big screen in “Only the Brave.”
Mother!
Even as its end credits roll, there’s a great deal that remains puzzling about the chaotic, exhausting, genre-blending allegory “Mother!” (Paramount).
New film on Armenian genocide took two years to make, longer to realize
“The Promise,” a film dramatizing the genocide of Armenians in the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire at the outset of World War I, was two years in the making, but probably a half-century in the idea stage, according to George Winter, one of the movie’s producers.
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