Our Catholic movie reviews are created with the Catholic single in mind. Looking for a good movie to take someone out on a first date? Bringing a first date to a film that is poorly done, boring, or morally offensive makes for an awkward first date.
Our Hollywood insider gets ahead of the movies and offers his reviews. Each movie is declared as either dateworthy or not dateworthy.
Don’t get stuck in a boring or offensive movie again! Be sure to check our Catholic movie reviews before you head to the theater!
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”: Absolutely! This instant classic takes its place with Tim Burton’s best fantasies and provides a wondrous evening of entertainment. “The Girl on the Train”: Maybe. Well-made and compelling yet packed with miserable people engaged in all manner of sin, this is one ride to avoid if you’re easily offended. […]
There are two kinds of true-story disaster movies hitting theatres this weekend. “Deepwater Horizon” stars Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Rusell in the tragic tale of what happened when the titular oil drilling rig fell to pieces in the Gulf of Mexico, causing what became known as the BP disaster and creating the biggest oil spill […]
As Hollywood seems to run out of its own original ideas, reboots and remakes are an increasingly big part of the release schedule – with “Ghostbusters” and “Ben-Hur” just two classics that were reimagined this past summer. Both failed to incite excitement among the new generations of moviegoers they were aimed towards. . Just a […]
Dateworthy?: Yes, it’s a thought-provoking conversation starter. Be warned, it does feature a fair amount of F words in some scenes and has a brief yet fairly graphic sex scene that does figure into the bigger plot, however. It may seem like a cliché and an impossibility in modern times that one person can literally […]
The struggle of how to make movies about world-famous events in a way that enraptures audiences has been a challenge for Hollywood since the dawn of cinema. But the new movie “Sully,” featuring the powerhouse team of actor Tom Hanks and director Clint Eastwood, show how fact-based films should be done and set a high […]
It’s the end of summer, a time when cinemas are usually relegated to being the dumping ground for the films that might once have seemed like potential blockbusters but turned out to be the forgotten stepchildren of the multiplex. This week, let’s take a look at two films that couldn’t be more different in their […]
We’re reaching the tail-end of summer, when studios tend to dump out movies that have no-name casts or have turned out poorly in the hopes that no one will notice how bad the films are amid season-ending cookouts and last-minute vacations. So I won’t waste yours or my time reviewing any of the new films […]
In 1960, the biblical epic “Ben-Hur” became the all-time Oscar-winning film, with 11 of the gold statuettes going to the tale of a Jewish prince who is betrayed and forced into slavery by a Roman friend, then regains his freedom and seeks revenge. The movie was also a huge box-office success, featuring one of Hollywood’s […]
This weekend sees the release of the summer’s most unique yet raunchiest movie, a strongly R-rated animated comedy called “Sausage Party.” Let it be clear that this is absolutely not a movie that anyone under 17 should watch, and discerning Catholics above that age should steer clear as well. The movie follows the adventures of […]
There are few films that tell tales of Christian faith truly tested and used to win over incredibly troubling situations, but the current movie “The Innocents” manages to do this in remarkable fashion. It is a disturbing tale through much of its storyline, but there are beautiful moments of grace, compassion and forgiveness throughout, a […]
