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Two parishioners of St. John the Beloved Church in McLean were in a multi-vehicle car crash the morning of Saturday, Aug. 24. Joseph Castellano, 28, died at the scene. His wife, Kate, also 28, was flown to a trauma center in Washington and is still in critical condition. Both graduated from Mount St. Mary University in Emmitsburg, Md.
Film fans generally and viewers of faith in particular will find much to appreciate in the heartwarming drama "The Peanut Butter Falcon" (Roadside). Themes of friendship, brotherhood and redemption are woven into a story that resonates with Gospel values.
Director and co-writer Richard Linklater's adaptation of the 2012 bestseller by Maria Semple follows a devoted mom (Cate Blanchett) but an otherwise abominable human being as she goes through mental difficulties after devastating setbacks in her architectural career. When a proposed family trip with her successful computer programmer husband (Billy Crudup) and middle-school-aged daughter (Emma Nelson) sets off her anxiety, she perpetrates a few horrifying incidents, is subjected to an intervention and, in response, disappears.
For the past year, the Little Sisters of the Poor have been celebrating the 150th anniversary of our congregation’s arrival in the United States.
Thoroughly unpleasant horror fantasy, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, about a bride (Samara Weaving) who belatedly discovers that one of her wealthy groom's (Mark O'Brien) ancestors long ago made a devilish pact that could have fatal consequences for her. The terms of the Faustian bargain by which the clan obtained their fortune dictate that, on her wedding night, she play a murderous game of hide and seek during which her new hubby's relatives (most prominently Adam Brody, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell), motivated by the belief, derived from family lore, that if she survives until dawn they will all die a ghastly death, pursue her through their vast mansion.
The hardscrabble world of 1980s Luton, England, provides the setting for this touching fact-based mix of drama and comedy from writer-director Gurinder Chadha. Amid political and racial tensions, a British Pakistani teen (Viveik Kalra) aspires to be a poet but is hemmed in by his overbearing father (Kulvinder Ghir), who wants him to pursue a more lucrative career. Introduced by a classmate (Aaron Phagura) to the music of Bruce Springsteen, the lad finds a fresh source of inspiration in the Boss' working-class anthems.
Third installment in the series focusing on a dedicated and highly skilled Secret Service agent (Gerard Butler) who, this time out, is elaborately framed for a devastating assassination attempt against the president (Morgan Freeman) that left a slew of the operative's comrades dead and the chief executive in a coma. As the vice president (Tim Blake Nelson) takes over and uses evidence of Russian involvement to push for a war that would benefit an old buddy (Danny Huston) of the protagonist's who's become a private military contractor, and an FBI official (Jada Pinkett Smith) tries to figure out the truth, he escapes and goes on the lam to get to the bottom of it all himself.
VATICAN CITY — The 145-year-old Vatican pharmacy has a new hire: a state-of-the-art robot working behind the scenes to manage the stockroom, retrieve medications and deliver the drugs quickly to the sales floor.
Morally muddled tale, set in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, circa 1978, of three mob wives (Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss) who, after their husbands are imprisoned, successfully supplant the gang leader (Myk Watford) who promised but failed to take care of them in their spouses' absence. With the help of a hardened killer (Domhnall Gleeson), their protection racket becomes so profitable that they are invited into an alliance with a Brooklyn-based mafia family (headed by Bill Camp).
Three youthful actors (Jacob Tremblay, Brady Noon and Keith L. Williams) are shamefully exploited as the script of this supposed comedy has them interacting with sex toys, online pornography and drugs.


