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6 days ago | 
catholicweekly.com.au | John Mulderig
(OSV News) From the silent era through the mid-1960s, Bible-based films constituted a reliable staple of Hollywood’s output. Directors both famous and obscure mined the Scriptures for stories they could bring to the big screen, with results that ranged from the reverential to the exploitative. Today, many of these films are available for streaming.
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1 week ago | 
catholicreview.org | John Mulderig
The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of April 20, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week. Televised films may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations while the programs listed have not been reviewed and therefore are not necessarily recommended by OSV News.
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1 week ago | 
osvnews.com | John Mulderig
1 (OSV News) — From the silent era through the mid-1960s, Bible-based films constituted a reliable staple of Hollywood’s output. Directors both famous and obscure mined the Scriptures for stories they could bring to the big screen, with results that ranged from the reverential to the exploitative. Today, many of these films are available for streaming.
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1 week ago | 
oursundayvisitor.com | John Mulderig
Six episodes from Genesis (Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, the Tower of Babel and Abraham) are pictured as literally as they were written, largely leaving their interpretation to the viewer. John Huston directs, narrates and plays the part of Noah in this reverent but entertaining spectacular. George C. Scott as Abraham takes acting honors among a cast that includes Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, Ulla Bergryd and Michael Parks. The OSV News classification is A-I — general patronage.
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1 week ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | John Mulderig
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NEW YORK (OSV News) Moviegoers may want to take a break from their cellphones after seeing the intriguing thriller "Drop" (Universal). That's because the technology involved in sending the titular type of message -- as well as the ubiquity of the devices themselves -- has the film's protagonist in a quandary. Meghann Fahy plays Chicago therapist Violet.
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1 week ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | John Mulderig |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Michael Pakaluk
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NEW YORK (OSV News) The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of April 20, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicreview.org | John Mulderig
NEW YORK (OSV News) – Moviegoers may want to take a break from their cellphones after seeing the intriguing thriller “Drop” (Universal). That’s because the technology involved in sending the titular type of message — as well as the ubiquity of the devices themselves — has the film’s protagonist in a quandary. Meghann Fahy plays Chicago therapist Violet. A survivor of spousal abuse herself, as opening flashbacks show, Violet specializes in helping other women in similar situations.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicreview.org | John Mulderig
From the silent era through the mid-1960s, Bible-based films constituted a reliable staple of Hollywood’s output. Directors both famous and obscure mined the Scriptures for stories they could bring to the big screen, with results that ranged from the reverential to the exploitative. Today, many of these films are available for streaming. With Easter approaching, viewers of faith may want to dip into this store of vintage offerings, especially in search of pictures suitable for the whole family.
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2 weeks ago | 
osvnews.com | John Mulderig
1 NEW YORK (OSV News) – The formula is an old, but by no means venerable, one in Hollywood. Give a character with a military background an excuse to put his calm civilian existence on hold temporarily and so unleash his slaying skills on a host of wrong-doers. Naturally, the more depraved the former soldier’s opponents, the freer the audience will feel to cheer him on as he makes short work of them.
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicreview.org | John Mulderig
NEW YORK (OSV News) – In “Death of a Unicorn” (A24), an off-beat blend of horror and comedy, writer-director Alex Scharfman uses a fanciful premise about the titular beast and its mythical breed as a gateway to social satire. But the unfolding of his story is marked by a needless excess of grisly mayhem that eventually overwhelms its sly humor.
