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‘Suburbicon’ home of middle-class depravity
Catholic News Service
Corruption lurking under the placid surface of life in the suburbs is hardly a new theme.
But the image of universal middle-class depravity...
‘Happy Death Day’ is a ‘Groundhog Day’ as murder mystery
Catholic News Service
With a name like “Happy Death Day,” a sweet, wholesome story is unlikely to unfold.
You can say that again.
Rather, “Happy Death Day,”...
‘Flatliners’ turns near-death events into tepid horror
Catholic News Service
Far from heavenly, but not exactly hellish either, the tepid afterlife-focused thriller “Flatliners” is more like a visit to limbo.
Comparisons to a...
‘American Made’ feels too turbulent and bumpy
Catholic News Service
“American Made,” the wild, fact-based story of airline pilot-turned-gun-runner Barry Seal (Tom Cruise), is far too turbulent for youngsters and even too...
‘American Assassin,’ Rhode Island, specifically
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The award for the most obvious film title of the year goes to “American Assassin,” an action thriller about, you guessed it,...
Evil clown terrorizes children in ‘It’
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Moviegoers looking for nothing more than to be unsettled will likely be satisfied with the horror adaptation “It.” However, while director Andy...
‘Tulip Fever’ treads clumsily through love and lust
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Horticulture was never as steamy or silly as in “Tulip Fever,” a period drama based on the 1999 novel by Deborah Moggach.
Despite...
‘Good Time’ — The title is ironic
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Gritty and intense, the ironically titled crime drama “Good Time” actually charts some very grim hours in the lives of its central...
‘Annabelle: Creation’ — ‘Whatever you do, don’t unlock that door’
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Most of the mayhem wreaked by the figurine-haunting demon at the center of the horror prequel “Annabelle: Creation” is restrained. Yet, as...
‘Detroit’ visits harrowing moment in U.S. history
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A dark chapter of the Motor City’s history is revisited in “Detroit,” a searing period drama.
The setting is the summer of 1967,...