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The Arthurian legend gets an inventive updating in this thrilling adventure that casts schoolchildren as latter-day Knights of the Round Table, destined to save the world. A 12-year-old boy (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) finds a sword stuck in a pile of rubble and pulls it out, unaware that the mythical Excalibur is now in his grasp, making him the new “king.”
Faithful, evocative and reverent adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel about a struggling young African-American couple (KiKi Layne and Stephan James), with many of the attendant weaknesses such careful film realizations can bring with them.
Director M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller reunites characters from two of his previous films, 2000’s “Unbreakable” and “Split” from 2016, for a prolonged meditation on the possible real-life existence of superheroes. Firmly opposed to the idea is a therapist (Sarah Paulson) who claims to specialize in treating those with delusions of DC or Marvel-style grandeur.
Adopted by an affectionate Denver-based medical student (Jonah Hauer-King) and his psychologically scarred veteran mom (Ashley Judd), a stray Pitbull-mix puppy (voice of Bryce Dallas Howard) settles into a happy domesticated life. But a local animal control officer (John Cassini) has it in for the pooch, and she is sent away to prevent her being impounded and euthanized. Not realizing the arrangement is temporary, she resolves to make her own way back home.
Led by senior Akunna Konkwo, Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria cruised past Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries in a Jan. 19 game that was played in Alexandria. The Cardinals have won six straight games, including a Jan. 20 victory over Elizabeth Seton High School of Bladensburg, Md.
Children with Down syndrome sat on Santa’s lap Dec. 15 and confided in him their Christmas wishes at a party thrown especially for them called, “A Dance with Santa.” The children and their families danced to Christmas music, enjoyed dinner and desserts, opened Christmas presents, made festive arts and crafts, and even enjoyed a puppet show put on by the 11th Commandment Puppeteers.
St. Padre Pio, St. Teresa of Kolkata and St. Michael the Archangel are among the saints keeping a close watch over students at Mater Dolorosa School in Independence.
National Catholic Schools Week 2019 (CSW) will be observed in dioceses around the country Jan. 27–Feb. 2. This year’s theme, “Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.,” focuses on the important spiritual, academic and societal contributions provided by a Catholic education firmly rooted in the Truth of the Gospel.
Gospel commentary: Called to be a friend of God
This Sunday gives us an odd set of Gospel readings, in that we hear St. Luke introduce his Gospel with his reasons for writing, and we immediately leap over the stories of Jesus’ childhood into one of the first episodes of his public life. Yet, despite the gap between the two passages, read today as one, they emphasize some similar things, in particular, the historical specifics of Christ’s life and action.