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Gladiator II

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Nearly a quarter-century after its predecessor premiered, "Gladiator II" (Paramount) takes moviegoers back into the ancient...

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.

NEW YORK (OSV News) – In crafting the biopic "Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin." (Angel), writer-director Todd Komarnicki can be credited with being...

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Wicked

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Considered purely from an artistic viewpoint, the lavish musical "Wicked" (Universal) represents a confluence of the best both...

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Red One

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Why not make a Christmas-themed action flick starring Dwayne Johnson as Kris Kringle's chief bodyguard? The answer to that question...

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Here

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Lady of letters Gertrude Stein once famously observed of Oakland, California, the city in which she was raised, "There is no...

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Heretic

NEW YORK (OSV News) – In recent years, auteur Jordan Peele has used the horror genre to explore race relations as well as other weighty subjects....

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Gentle and family-oriented, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (Lionsgate) offers top-flight holiday entertainment for a wide...

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Radiating Joy: The Michelle Duppong Story

NEW YORK (OSV News) – The saints can sometimes seem like lofty, unrelatable figures. It’s rare to find contemporary examples of sanctity, and...

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The Carpenter

NEW YORK (OSV News) – Designed to present a portion of the Gospel narrative to fans of mixed martial arts fighting and heavy metal music, the biblical...

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Venom: The Last Dance

NEW YORK (OSV News) – A trilogy of Marvel Comics adaptations that launched in 2018 comes to a dull close with "Venom: The Last Dance" (Columbia)....

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Lost on a Mountain in Maine

NEW YORK (OSV News) – In the summer of 1939, the plight of a 12-year-old boy competed for headlines across the country with the European political...

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