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Three petty criminals (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto) get more than they bargained for when they break into the isolated home of a blind, reclusive veteran (Stephen Lang) hoping to steal the large settlement he was awarded after his daughter was killed by a reckless driver. Director and co-writer Fede Alvarez is fairly […]
Arts
Moral complications limit the appropriate audience for director Stephen Frears’ charmingly eccentric, fact-based profile of the titular New York socialite (Meryl Streep) whose yearning to take to the stage as a singer of operatic arias and similar works, though motivated by a genuine love of music, was undercut by her spectacular lack of talent. Protecting […]
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Morally intricate tale of two brothers, one (Ben Foster) a cynical ex-con, the other (Chris Pine) a divorced dad with no criminal past, who go on a bank-robbing spree to save their family farm. When a duo of Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham) takes up the investigation, the cat-and-mouse game that results has […]
Schools
The House of Mercy, a Catholic-based humanitarian nonprofit in Manassas, launched its No Shoes/New Shoes campaign six years ago to provide shoes to children in struggling families in Manassas and Northern Virginia. To help students start the school year off right, the group distributed 179 pairs of shoes at a recent event for 63 families, […]
Arts
Captivating animated fable about a Japanese street urchin (voice of Art Parkinson) whose troubled family history launches him on a quest for a magical set of armor. He’s accompanied, and protected, on the journey by a prudent monkey (voiced by Charlize Theron) and by a courageous but accursed samurai (voice of Matthew McConaughey) whose body […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Brian Flanagan, an associate professor of theology at Marymount University, is still processing a 10-day seminar on Judaism he attended in Jerusalem last month, which included intense discussions on religion and the challenges of life in Israel. He also made personal pilgrimages to several Christian sites. Flanagan is one of 23 American Christian leaders participating […]
Schools
Marymount University in Arlington has established a memorial scholarship to honor Pablo Enriquez, a senior pursuing a bachelor of science degree in Information Technology at the time of his death in a car accident July 2. A valued staff member of the Arlington Diocese Information Technology department, Enriquez was praised by Kimberly Murphy, director of […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Christendom College in Front Royal recently appointed Catherine Schneider associate director of admissions. A native of Louisiana, Schneider earned a bachelor’s in philosophy from Christendom in 2016. “Catherine’s love of Christendom will enable her to impact the college and its constituents in numerous positive ways, and help prospective students and their families come to a […]
Movies
The classic boy-and-his-dog story assumes outsized proportions in this generally warmhearted fantasy adventure, a “reimagining” of the 1977 Disney musical. This go-round, song and dance have been jettisoned, and hokeyness gives way to thrilling action and tear-jerking moments. Orphaned by a tragic accident, a toddler (Levi Alexander) wanders into a remote forest in the Pacific […]
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Animated food items push an atheist agenda and glorify the basest forms of carnality in this disgusting spitball of a comedy from directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. The inhabitants of a suburban supermarket – most prominently a sausage (voice of Seth Rogen) and his girlfriend, a bun (voice of Kristen Wiig) – believe that […]
