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‘Father Stu’ movie: Mark Wahlberg skillfully portrays priest’s odd combination of...

NEW YORK -- Positive priest characters are certainly a rarity in contemporary films. So Catholics will welcome the uplifting fact-based biography "Father Stu" (Columbia). While...

Is that all there is? When a 10-best movie list can’t...

NEW YORK -- The year just past must rank as the most tumultuous for the film industry at least since the scandal-ridden early 1920s...

Spike Lee delivers emotional payoff, mayhem and history lesson in ‘Da...

NEW YORK — Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is said to have observed, with famous succinctness, that “war is hell.” With the rich but...

Just what is the truth about Roe V. Wade’s Norma McCorvey?

NEW YORK — The documentary “AKA Jane Roe” (FX, streaming on Hulu) is ostensibly a portrait of Norma McCorvey, the official but largely nominal...

‘Frozen II’ is back to win over its Disney movie viewers

NEW YORK -- Both the filmmakers and the central voice cast of the much-loved 2013 original are reunited in "Frozen II" (Disney). They deliver...

Movies: “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” and “Fast &...

Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood NEW YORK  — Any film linking the names of writer-director Quentin Tarantino and infamous cult leader Charles Manson...

Movie Review: ‘Yesterday’

NEW YORK -- Fans of the lads from Liverpool will rejoice over the mostly amiable Beatles-themed comedy "Yesterday" (Universal). Parents of teens anxious to...

Movie review: ‘Unplanned’ a strong message from an insider in abortion...

NEW YORK -- The hard-hitting, fact-based drama "Unplanned" (Pure Flix) dares its viewers to confront the reality of what happens when a baby is...

Movie Review: ‘Aquaman’ — Lush look, uneven storytelling

NEW YORK -- Though he may lack a pineapple in which to dwell, "Aquaman" (Warner Bros.), as his name suggests, spends much of his...

‘Christopher Robin’ movie an enchanting visit to the past

NEW YORK (CNS) -- It's always dangerous to tamper with perfection. And, if there were ever a perfect world, it must be that of...

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