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Movie Review Capsules for May 23

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:32:54 -0500

Capsule movie reviews: "Fast & Furious" (Universal); "The Hangover Part III" (Warner Bros.); "Mud" (Lionsgate/Roadside)

Movie Review Capsules for May 9

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:23:53 -0500

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service. "The Great Gatsby" (Warner Bros.); "Peeples" (Lionsgate)

42

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:02:05 -0500

NEW YORK (CNS) -- To paraphrase the title of an earlier movie about the national pastime, hate strikes out in the historical drama "42" (Warner Bros.). Writer-director Brian Helgeland's uplifting -- if sometimes heavy-handed -- film recounts the 1947 reintegration of professional baseball after decades of segregated play.

Movie Review: 'The Croods'

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:57:51 -0500

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "The Flintstones" on steroids may best describe "The Croods" (Fox). Echoing the premise of the popular 1960s TV series, this 3-D animated comedy follows the rollicking adventures of another "modern Stone Age family."

Movie Review: 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:29:35 -0500

NEW YORK (CNS) -- By turns repellent and charming, "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" (Warner Bros.) comically charts the rise and fall of dueling magicians on the famed Las Vegas Strip.

Movie Review: 'Jack the Giant Slayer'

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:54:58 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Faith-tinged and fun, "Jack the Giant Slayer" (Warner Bros.) is director Bryan Singer's 3-D retelling of the classic fairy tale, into which screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney blend elements of the related story "Jack and the Beanstalk."

'Bible' miniseries aims to make 'emotional connection' with audience

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:45:21 -0600

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It took the combined clout of an actress best known for playing an angel and her big-ratings executive-producer husband, but Roma Downey and Mark Burnett have pulled off the making of a 10-hour miniseries, "The Bible," that gets its premiere Sunday, March 3, on the History cable channel.

Movie Review: 'Warm Bodies'

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:59:56 -0600

"Warm Bodies" (Summit) is an oddly touching picture based on Isaac Marion's novel of the same name.

Movie Review: 'Hyde Park on Hudson'

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:16:12 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Oh, Those Randy Roosevelts!" might be a better title for "Hyde Park on Hudson" (Focus).

Video Game Review: 'Halo4'

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:44:32 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Halo 4" (Microsoft Studios) features the same high-action adventure, enthralling plot, and realistic, cinematic graphics that have made its predecessors in the blockbuster series -- which began with 2001's "Halo: Combat Evolved" -- so popular.

Movie Review: 'Quartet'

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:36:27 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Dustin Hoffman steps behind the camera for his directorial debut with "Quartet" (Weinstein), a comedy-drama about musical artists who face the ultimate curtain call: a date with the Grim Reaper

Book explores how religious ethics can help to honor the earth

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:46:03 -0600

Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key by Larry L. Rasmussen. Oxford University Press (New York, 2012). 368 pp., $45

Movie Review Capsules for January 11

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:31:39 -0600

Movie Review Capsules: "Gangster Squad"; "Promised Land"; "Texas Chainsaw 3D"; "Zero Dark Thirty."

Movie Review: 'Life of Pi'

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:13:37 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Religious themes are central to director Ang Lee's visually artful screen version of Yann Martel's best-selling novel "Life of Pi" (Fox). Indeed, this exotic 3-D fable bills itself as a story calculated to make the agnostic reporter (Rafe Spall) to whom its unlikely events are recounted "believe in God."

Movie Review: 'Anna Karenina'

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:23:34 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Sin has a price, you may be sure of that." The titular character (Keira Knightley) doesn't heed husband Alexei's (Jude Law) advice in the oh-so-lush new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" (Focus).

Movie Review Capsules for November 15

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:27:01 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service: "Lincoln" (DreamWorks); "The Sessions" (Fox Searchlight)

Movie Review 'Lincoln'

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:58:45 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- With the unsurprising exception of Jesus Christ, more books are said to have been written about President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) than about any other person in history.

Movie Capsules: November 8

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:00:39 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service: "The Man With the Iron Fists" (Universal); "Skyfall" (Columbia); "Somewhere Between" (Long Shot Factory); "Wreck-It Ralph" (Disney)

Movie Review: 'Somewhere Between'

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:17:42 -0600

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Happily ever after can be an elusive goal when it comes to international adoptions, as the documentary "Somewhere Between" (Long Shot Factory) explains.

Movie Review Capsules: October 25

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:31:13 -0500

Capusles reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service: "Chasing Mavericks"; Cloud Atlas"; "Fun Size"; "Helbound?"; "Paranormal Activity 4"