While Mary Magdalene does a good thing in going off book, telling an original story drawn from the text, it loses some steam by falling into the same traps as a number of movies about Jesus.

Let’s all smoke a quick cigarette underneath Jesus’s crucified body and talk about the long-delayed Rooney Mara–Joaquin Phoenix “Mary Magdalene” film.

“Mary Magdalene” captures little of the joy and love Mary felt for Jesus, and the love he felt in return. Phoenix’ Jesus is too remote, too occupied with his inner battles, to forge a true ...

The Magdalene, 1525-1549, (Picture: By DEA / VENERANDA BIBLIOTECA AMBROSIANA/De Agostini/Getty Images) In truth, although Mary is mentioned in all four of the gospels, not once is she said to be a ...

In the year A.D. 33, Mary (Rooney Mara) is a young woman — in the new film "Mary Magdalene" — who spends her days with the women of Magdala along the shore of Galilee.

Predictably, the movie attracted both praise and criticism.I loved John Anderson's positive summation in America: " 'Mary Magdalene' is in many ways an act of love, an effort to tell its story ...

"Mary Magdalene" marks the third feature that Phoenix and Mara have starred in together, after 2013's "Her" and last year's "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot." ...

LONDON — Universal Pictures Intl. Productions has boarded a movie about Mary Magdalene, reputed to have been one of Jesus’ most devout followers, from “The King’s Speech” producer See ...

Mary Magdalene suffers from a miscast Joaquin Phoenix, drab visuals, and a muddled message. Actors love to think they can play anything, but the job of any half-decent filmmaker is to tell them ...

In much of popular culture, Mary Magdalene is portrayed as a temptress who found piety after Jesus delivered her from a stoning. This new movie, directed by Garth Davis from a script by Helen ...