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Something is amiss in the mythical land of the title, and it’s up to a mighty wizard (voice of Timothy Dalton) and his princely apprentice (voice of Matt Levin) to set things right, despite the opposition of a wicked sorcerer (voice of Willem Dafoe) with a mania for immortality at any cost. Though unusually dark […]
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Wildly violent, sexually freewheeling action comedy in which an angst-ridden Toronto twentysomething (Michael Cera) dumps a 17-year-old high schooler (Ellen Wong) to romance the aloof girl of his dreams (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). He must then battle a succession of her “evil exes” (including Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans and Brandon Routh) in bone-crunching, video-game-style combat. In […]
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To score a promotion, a financial analyst (Paul Rudd) must bring a suitable guest to the titular meal organized by his boss (Bruce Greenwood) as a competition to see which corporate hotshot can produce the most amusing idiot as a target for secret ridicule, so his accidental meeting with a bizarrely naive and nerdy IRS […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
When he was young, all Father Bob Cilinski wanted was to make sure, when he looked back on his life, that he had done something “really worthwhile.” The 57-year-old pastor of All Saints Church in Manassas has since spent more of his life as a priest than not. He’s celebrated countless sacraments. He’s guided the […]
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By Katie Bahr
Priests, religious and Catholics from around the diocese attended the dedication ceremony for the St. Rose of Lima Priests’ Retirement Villa in Annandale last week. The 15,000 square-foot building consists of eight apartments that include bedrooms, living rooms, kitchenettes and storage rooms. The building also has a gym, guest suite, kitchen, parlor, community room, dining […]
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By Thomas Craughwell
The dog with the loaf of bread in its mouth has become St. Rocco's emblem, appearing beside him in virtually every picture or statue of the saint.
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Well-acted but thoroughly violent action thriller in which, after being accused by a Russian intelligence officer (Daniel Olbrychski) of being a double agent, a highly skilled CIA operative (Angelina Jolie) goes on the run, leaving her colleagues (principally Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor) scrambling to uncover whether she is friend or foe, even as they […]
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After losing his younger brother (Charlie Tahan) in a car accident for which he was indirectly responsible, a gifted sailboat racer (Zac Efron), racked by guilt and grief, becomes the caretaker of the cemetery where his sibling rests, on the edge of which, briefly each evening, he is mysteriously able to see and communicate with […]
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Entertaining and inventive 3-D spy adventure – seamless blending live action, puppetry, and computer animation – in which rogue feline agent Kitty Galore (voice of Bette Midler) threatens to make the world her “personal scratching post” by unleashing the “Call of the Wild,” a screech that serves as a weapon of mass destruction. Led by […]
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By Richard Szczepanowski
WASHINGTON – Knights of Columbus are called to evangelize, to be charitable and to serve as instruments of God’s love, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said Aug. 3 at a Mass opening the Catholic fraternal organization’s 128th annual supreme convention. “We are to be heralds of the Gospel of life – from conception to natural […]
