Home Viewing Roundup for March 16, 2026
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 March 29, 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.
Streaming Now:
"Nuremberg" (2025; Netflix)
Historical drama charts the relationship between imprisoned Nazi leader Hermann Goering (Russell Crowe) and a psychiatrist (Rami Malek) serving in the U.S. Army who was appointed to examine all the potential defendants at the trials eventually held in the titular German city in the aftermath of World War II. Swayed by his preeminent patient's deceptive charm, the analyst wavers between tentative friendship for him and the need to assist the military authorities (John Slattery plays the prison's hard-driving commandant) and the lead American prosecutor, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon). Crowe's multi-faceted performance as the wily Luftwaffe chief propels writer-director James Vanderbilt's adaptation of a 2013 book by Jack El-Hai. Despite some elements best suited to grown-ups, the film's potential educational value makes it possibly acceptable for older adolescents. Disturbing footage of crimes against humanity, a hanging, suicides, a scene of urination, partial nudity, several profanities, a few milder oaths, at least one rough term, a handful of crude and crass expressions. The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
"Roofman" (2025; Amazon Prime)
Channing Tatum stars in this fact-based blend of drama and comedy portraying a kindly but morally weak-willed former Army Ranger whose unusual observational skills enable him to pull off a long series of armed robberies and, after his arrest and sentencing for these crimes, to escape prison. While holed up in a toy store, he ventures into the outside world long enough to start a romance with one of its employees (Kirsten Dunst) under an assumed identity. As scripted by director Derek Cianfrance and Kirt Gunn, the film sometimes draws humor out of its protagonist's offenses but ultimately shows the cost of living on the wrong side of the law, partly through moments of skillfully conveyed sadness. Although the central relationship is depicted as emotionally substantial, it turns physical very quickly. Together with some needlessly prolonged nakedness and vocabulary issues, this premature encounter points to a strictly mature viewership. Brief semigraphic nonmarital sexual activity, rear and partial frontal male nudity played for laughs, a scene of urination, a vulgar sight gag, about a half-dozen uses of profanity, several milder oaths, considerable rough and crude language. The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
"The Secret Agent" (2025; Hulu)
Challenging historical drama, set in 1977, examines Brazilian society under the military dictatorship that ruled the country for two decades, beginning in 1964. Having run afoul of a powerful and corrupt businessman (Luciano Chirolli), a widowed professor and political dissident (Wagner Moura) travels to the city of Recife where his young son (Enzo Nunes) has been living with his father-in-law (Carlos Francisco). There he finds refuge, together with others on the run, under the protection of a left-wing matriarchal figure (Tania Maria) as he makes plans to escape abroad. But the tension of his situation increases when he learns that the mogul he offended has dispatched two hitmen (Roney Villela and Gabriel Leone) to eliminate him. Writer-director Kleber Mendonca Filho effectively evokes the chaos and moral rot of the era and viewers will sympathize with the mild-mannered protagonist, especially in his role as a loving father. Yet the film includes graphically presented images of mayhem and degraded behavior that make it a gritty experience. Much bloody violence, grisly visuals, aberrant acts, semi-graphic nonmarital sexual activity, upper female and rear nudity, a same-sex kiss, a few uses of profanity, a couple of milder oaths, frequent rough language, about a dozen crude expressions, occasional crass talk. In Portuguese. English subtitles. The OSV News classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Looking Ahead:
Sunday, March 29, 4-6:20 a.m. EDT (EWTN) "Solemn Mass of Palm Sunday From Rome." Live coverage as Pope Leo XIV celebrates the opening Mass of Holy Week. The liturgy will re-air 7-9:20 p.m. EDT (TV-G -- general audience).
Monday, March 30, 9-11 p.m. EDT (PBS) "Henry David Thoreau." First two back-to-back episodes of a three-part documentary, executive produced by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns and narrated by George Clooney, profiling the transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). The film concludes Tuesday, March 31, 9-10 p.m. EDT.
Thursday, April 2, 3:30-5:30 a.m. EDT (EWTN) "Chrism Mass in Rome." Live from St. Peters Basilica, Pope Leo celebrates Mass, consecrates the sacred chrism and blesses the other sacramental oils (TV-G -- general audience).
Thursday, April 2, 10:30-11:45 p.m. EDT (EWTN) "Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper From Rome." Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peters Basilica, is scheduled to preside at this liturgy commemorating the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist (TV-G -- general audience).
Friday, April 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT (EWTN) "Celebration of the Lord's Passion From Rome." Pope Leo presides over the celebration of the Lord's Passion, live from Vatican City (TV-G -- general audience).
Saturday, April 4, 1:30-4 p.m. EDT (EWTN) "Easter Vigil Mass From Rome." Pope Leo presides over the Easter Vigil Mass, live from Vatican City (TV-G -- general audience).
Saturday, April 4, 6-8:30 p.m. EDT (AMC) "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Dorothy rides her tornado to the magic land over the rainbow in director Victor Fleming's classic that skyrocketed Judy Garland's career and has given generations of families prime entertainment again and again. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was A-I -- general patronage. The Motion Picture Association rating was G -- general audiences. All ages admitted.
Saturday, April 4, 9:12-10:49 p.m. EDT (Cinemax) "The Nun (2018). Made with a big budget, this fifth film in "The Conjuring" franchise pulls out all the stops in an attempt to rank as the "Thats Entertainment!" of Catholic-themed horror films. But a surfeit of questionable elements, including the tasteless treatment of a relic deserving the deepest possible reverence, makes this inappropriate for many. A creepy white-faced demon nun (Bonnie Aarons) skitters through catacomb tunnels and pops out of the darkness in an ancient, sprawling Romanian abbey for a nice series of jump-scares. A priest (Demian Birchir) and, unlikely as it seems, a cheerful novice (Taissa Farmiga) are dispatched by Vatican officials to investigate. The remainder of the movie consists of the familiar Catholic shtick of Ed and Lorraine Warren, the self-styled lay exorcism "authorities" of decades ago, lifted, by director Corin Hardy and screenwriter Gary Dauberman, to the heights of the old-time Hammer Studios horror outings. Navigating the close boundary line between sacred and profane, sometimes without success, the movie is likely to make grown viewers of faith slightly uncomfortable, to say the least. As for young and impressionable movie fans, they should steer clear altogether. Occult themes, the misguided use of a sacred object, a scene of suicide, some physical violence and gore, a single rough term. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association rating was R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.- - - John Mulderig is media reviewer for OSV News. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @JohnMulderig1.



















