“Director Marc Forster’s screen version of Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel ‘A Man Called Ove’ … celebrates kindness, emotional openness and reconciliation. Yet, as scripted by David Magee, this character study is not wholly free of problematic elements.”
The dramatization — based on a 2006 book by David Jeremiah, the Southern Baptist minister who heads Turning Point, a broadcast ministry in El Cajon, California — is available to view for free on its home website as well as on YouTube.
Produced by the Knights of Columbus, “Mother Teresa: No Greater Love,” had its Vatican premiere Aug. 31, ahead of its release to more than 900 theaters Oct. 3 and 4.
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How to revitalize the oft-told story of Superman, who made his debut in print way back in 1938?
Titled, “In Viaggio” (“Traveling”), the film is directed by Gianfranco Rosi, an Italian-American documentary filmmaker who won the Venice Film Festival’s best film award, the Golden Lion, with his 2013 film, “Sacro GRA.”
His crime and disappearance are recounted in the fascinating docuseries “D.B. Cooper: Where are You?!” The surprisingly complex and insightful retrospective is streaming on Netflix in four one-hour episodes.
After a grim quotation from the prophet Nahum, the opening scene of “Nope” (Universal), writer-director Jordon Peele’s menacing sci-fi horror film, sets the tone for what follows.
