Reviews / Movie Reviews
December 22, 2024, by John Mulderig, OSV News
NEW YORK (OSV News) – Catholic moviegoers will naturally take an interest in any project related to the works of renowned Catholic novelist J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). But the question always remains whether any new adventure set in his fictional land of Middle-earth will share in the elusive magic of the stories he himself spun. In the case of the animated drama "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" (Warner Bros.), unfortunately, the comparison is less than favorable to the newcomer. While director Kenji Kamiyama's fantasy is often lovely to behold and its moral values are mostly in order, his tale of derring-do stagnates because the characters who inhabit it are mostly one-dimensional. Take our heroine, Princess Hera…
December 21, 2024, by John Mulderig, OSV News
December 20, 2024, by Kurt Jensen, OSV News
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