The Masked Saint
2016, PG-13, 111 min.
Directed by Warren P. Sonoda, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Brett Granstaff, Lara Jean Chorostecki, T.J. McGibbon, Diahann Carroll, Roddy Piper.

Not reviewed at press time. Based on a book by Chris Whaleyased, this film tells the story of a professional wrestler who retires to become a small-town pastor. But after witnessing local problems, he also becomes a masked vigilante by night, all while striving to keep his violent secret identity hidden from the parishioners and the police.

This article appears in January 8 • 2016.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.