Articles by Nick Olszyk

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A-III Reel Rating: (3 Reels out of 5) Transcendence is a dark, deep, and beautiful film from first-time director Wally Pfister that highlights his roots as one of Hollywood’s premier […]

MPAA Rating: PG USCCB Rating: A-I Reel Rating:  (3 Reels out of 5) April 27th is St. Thomas Sunday (or Divine Mercy Sunday for all you Latins out there), marking the occasion when Jesus told […]

MPAA Rating, PG USCCB Rating, A-III Reel Rating: (5 Reels out of 5) Warning: Some spoilers ahead! God’s Not Dead is my choice for best film of 2014. Yes, it’s only April and there’s still […]

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A-III Reel Rating: (4 Reels out of 5) “Who cares about art?” Lt. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) wonders reflexively as he tries to convince Franklin Roosevelt to let him take a team […]

MPAA Rating, PG-13 USCCB Rating, A-III Reel Rating: (4 Reels out of 5) Note: Spoilers Alert! In the 1938 classic Boys Town, Fr. Flanagan famously said, “there is no such thing as a bad boy.” He […]

MPAA Rating, R USCCB Rating, O (morally offensive) Reel Rating,     Walking through an art gallery, con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) points out a Rembrandt painting to FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) and […]

A truly great movie does two things: entertains and uplifts. It must be a fantastic work of craftsmanship in order to properly demonstrate important spiritual truths. The legendary Catholic director Frank Capra said of filmmaking […]

MPAA Rating, PG-13 USCCB Rating, A-II Reel Rating: (3 Reels out of 5) There are two wars being waged in Saving Mr. Banks. First, an external battle between the impeccably proper and British Mrs. P. […]