Month: October 2026

The phenomenon of “twin movies”—two or more films with strikingly similar plots or subject matter released in close proximity—is almost as old as Hollywood itself. I remember a remarkable string …

Then the phone call takes an unexpected turn, and the woman on the other end (Bridget Everett) is no longer merely a humorous impediment to a murder investigation, but a …

Given all the religious press that you’ve done for this film, you’re well aware how much enthusiasm there is out there for the character of Father Jud. I wanted you …

Like Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc mysteries, The Sheep Detectives is packed with an eminent cast, both playing humans and voicing sheep. Also like the Knives Out movies, the movie has …

The upshot is that Spielberg still wants to trust the divine mysteries of the Universe, and he wants to trust humanity to embrace empathy and solidarity—but he does not trust …

Historically, I’ve said that my Top 5 MCU movies are, in alphabetical order: Regarding Captain America: The Winter Soldier, for what it’s worth, while I’m not the biggest fan, I …

Toward the end of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Matt Damon’s Odysseus has a despairing line clearly influenced by an aphorism from the Talmud memorably cited in Schindler’s List: “Whoever saves …

I understand that you were born in Cuba, grew up in Puerto Rico, and now live in Oklahoma, is that correct? All of that is correct, yes. It might seem …

As with most martyrs, while Fr. Stan may be remembered first of all for how he died, what matters most is how he lived. American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story …

Properly speaking, The Magician’s Nephew is book 6 of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, and HarperCollins’s revisionist renumbering is just wrong (full rant to come). Still, from the …