Nate Bargatze and Mandy Moore star in a scene from the movie "The Breadwinner." Photo: OSV/Frank Masi, Sony. By John Mulderig Nate Bargatze, best known for his stand-up work, co-wrote and stars in the domestic comedy The Breadwinner (Sony). Although mostly wholesome, the film is also, unfortunately, sorely lacking in laughs. Bargatze plays Nashville, Tennessee, car salesman Nate Wilco...

The young musicians worked with a team of high-profile artists to create the music video. Photo: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger. A short documentary and original music video created by a group of Aranmore Catholic College students is set to feature on ABC iView during Refugee Week (14 – 20 June). The multilingual students, from migrant and refugee backgrounds, attend Aranmore's Intensive Engli...

Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu are pictured in a scene from the movie "The Madalorian and Grogu." Photo: OSV News/Disney. By John Mulderig It's one battle after another for the title characters in the latest instalment of the Star Wars saga, The Mandalorian and Grogu (Disney). But the combat is nongraphic and the film is free of anything off-colour. As a result, this high-quality e...

Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page star in a scene from the movie ‘You, Me & Tuscany.’ Photo: OSV News/Giulia Parmigiani, Universal. By John Mulderig For the price of a movie ticket, viewers can enjoy a brief sojourn in the Italian countryside thanks to director Kat Coiro's romantic comedy You, Me & Tuscany (Universal). As scripted by Ryan Engle, however, there's more love than l...

Lucy Halliday and Chase Infiniti in a scene from ©Hulu series: The Testaments (2026). Photo: Landmark Media/Alamy. Margaret Atwood's Gilead has never felt more timely, or more uncomfortable. The Testaments, which premiered on Hulu on April 8 and is streaming now on Disney+ internationally, picks up the world of The Handmaid's Tale roughly four years after the original series concluded — ...

The winning artwork – Glenn Loughrey’s I Was Naked, You Was Afraid; So You Hid Me. Genocide 17:88. Photo: Bel & Cal Photography. I Was Naked, You Was Afraid; So You Hid Me. Genocide 17:88 by Glenn Loughrey has been awarded the 2026 Mandorla Art Award, Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize. A Wiradjuri artist and writer whose work explores the relational dimensions...

By John Mulderig The Devil Wears Prada 2 (20th Century), director David Frankel's second send-up of the fashion world, reunites one of the more memorable casts of recent decades. The predictable result is a glamorous good time for moviegoers. Occasional salty dialogue and an incidental yet potentially misleading theological notion, however, suggest this polished diversion is safest for g...

Eric Besnard’s Jean Valjean is a quiet, intimate reimagining that trades the grand scale of Les Misérables for something far more personal and reflective. Set against a beautifully captured countryside, the film uses its natural landscapes not for spectacle, but as a backdrop to a deeply human story about judgment, faith, and the possibility of change. It sits comfortably alongside Besna...

By John Mulderig Like the creatures for which it's named, director Kyle Balda's comic mystery The Sheep Detectives (Amazon MGM) might be expected to be innocuous at worst and rather cuddly at best. Yet, as scripted by Craig Mazin, this adaptation of Leonie Swann's 2005 novel Three Bags Full includes material at odds with revealed truth. Julia-Louis Dreyfus as the voice of Lily, the sheep...

Prime Video and 5&2 Studios have announced Season Six of the global phenomenon The Chosen will premiere on 15 November 2026 in the US and internationally. Featuring six episodes, The Chosen Season Six will debut three episodes on 15 November, followed by the release of a weekly episode through 6 December. The season finale will be a stand-alone theatrical release in the first quarter of...