Daily Archives: February 23, 2024

Movie Review: An American Saint earns a stately screen biography — “Cabrini”

Mother Frances Cabrini was an Italian born nun whose advocacy of charity through her Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which built schools, hospitals and orphanages all over the world and led to her being canonized as the … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Tyler Perry did WHAT?” “Mea Culpa”

“Mea Culpa” is the most over-the-top, lurid and hyper-sexualized soap opera Tyler Perry has ever served up. Sure, it’s a thriller, and by the pull-out-all-the-stops finale, it acts like it. But soapy, turgid trash is one of the guy’s brands … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Coarse, Crude, “Out” and proud, and not funny…at all — “Drive-Away Dolls”

One Coen Brother is either not enough, or one too many. If it’s the wrong Coen. Oh brother. That’s “Drive-Away Dolls,” a crude, clunky and carnal romp that runs bits and pieces of “Raising Arizona,” “Fargo” and “Burn Before Reading” … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Hilary Swank reminds us what “Ordinary Angels” can do

“Ordinary Angels” is a kind-hearted weeper that gets by on good vibes and the talents of the Unsinkable Hilary Swank. Based on a true story, it’s a faith-based film about what people can do when they act out of compassion, … Continue reading

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