“Lifestyles of the Rich and Perverse” might be a more fitting title for the unusually explicit bedroom drama Fifty Shades of Grey (Universal).

In a homily given on Friday, 4 April 2014, Pope Francis referred to a persecuted man – ‘a true prophet’ – who had several of his works placed on the Index of Prohibited Books by his enemies.

This is the most in-depth biography we have had so far of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who has become Pope Francis.

A throwback to Saturday matinee serials and mid-20th-century action-adventure films, Seventh Son (Universal) aims to captivate moviegoers with an accessible tale leavened by fantasy and anchored by imperfect heroes who battle the forces of evil.

Large-scale issues of race and addiction are examined in microcosm in writer-director Mike Binder’s fact-based drama Black or White.

In his new book, Christ Actually, Carroll chronicles how the Roman war pushed early Christians to define themselves in opposition to Judaism, and to divorce Jesus from His Jewish roots.

The action comedy “Mortdecai” tries to evoke the genius of British novelist P.G. Wodehouse while also conjuring up the sort of movies parodied by the “Austin Powers” series.

For those seeking an insight into an individual veteran’s perspective on the Iraq War, director Clint Eastwood’s sober drama American Sniper (Warner Bros) – which stars Bradley Cooper as real-life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle – will likely hit home.

Beth Gantry, Liz, Elizabeth… the main character of Elizabeth: A Holy Land Pilgrimage is many things to many people, writes Liz Hendey.

An American Cardinal: The Biography of Cardinal Timothy Dolan by Christina Boyle, reviewed by Brian Olszewski.