Kenneth Robles

Kevin Christopher Robles

Kevin Christopher Robles is a writer and the studio production associate at America magazine, where he produces videos and podcasts. A lifelong New York Catholic, he attended Regis High School and received a B.A. in English at Fordham University. You can follow him on X or Instagram: @its_krobe.

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"Dune: Part Two,"' starring Timothée Chalamet as Paul and Zendaya as Chani, is "a haunting realization of the dangers of religious fundamentalism," writes Kevin Christopher Robles. (Courtesy of Legendary and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

'Dune: Part Two" confronts religious fundamentalism

The central tension found in "Dune: Part Two" is that of faith and fundamentalism, tackled by director Denis Villeneuve with both epic scale and heartbreaking intimacy. 

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' stars Walker Scobell in the titular lead role, a smart aleck son of Poseidon on a perilous quest to retrieve the missing lightning bolt of Zeus, the thunderous king of the gods. (Courtesy of Disney/David Bukach)

I grew up reading 'Percy Jackson.' The new show lives up to the book series.

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians," the new original series from Disney+, gives a strong performance out of the gate. I’m more than happy to recommend the show to both newcomers and faithful readers alike.

Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio star in "Killers of the Flower Moon." The Martin Scorsese film depicts the murders of Osage Nation members in Oklahoma. (AppleTV+)

Scorsese's Catholic sensibilities on full display in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" may be the Catholic director's final word on America, a blood-soaked condemnation of a country whose gospel of greed has caused much death and destruction. 

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