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This romantic comedy, written and directed by Richard Curtis, is a wish-fulfillment fantasy about changing your destiny at will, to win the love of your life. On his 21st birthday, a young man (Domhnall Gleeson) is given a rather unusual present by his father (Bill Nighy): the knowledge that the men in the family can […]
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Wielding his mighty hammer, the “God of Thunder” returns with a vengeance in this rousing 3-D adventure, based on the popular Marvel Comics series and directed by Alan Taylor. This sequel to 2011’s “Thor” and 2012’s “The Avengers” finds our titular superhero (Chris Hemsworth) returning to Asgard, his home world, where his wayward brother (Tom […]
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By Fr. William Saunders
Q: A Protestant friend of mine recently lost her husband. She received several Mass cards for the repose of the soul of her husband. She was very grateful but asked me to explain this more. Can you help me? (Woodbridge) A: The practice of offering the holy Mass for the repose of the soul of […]
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Enlightened and well-wrought science-fiction movie, based on the prescient 1985 book of the same name, about a 12-year-old (Asa Butterfield) chosen to lead Earth’s military forces against an alien race that 50 years earlier tried to colonize the planet, resulting in the deaths of millions. Mentored by a bellicose colonel (Harrison Ford) and the hero […]
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Two rogue turkeys travel back in time to change the “main course” of American history in this 3-D animated comedy, directed and co-written by Jimmy Hayward. The president of the United States (voice of Hayward) pardons a Thanksgiving turkey (voice of Owen Wilson), who enjoys a luxurious life at Camp David until a fellow bird […]
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What happens in Vegas goes oh-so-slowly and sedately, this story of the never-married Billy (Michael Douglas) reuniting his childhood pals for his bachelor party might as well be set in Altoona, Pa. Director Jon Turteltaub and screenwriter Dan Fogelman duck both raunch and honest assessments of the aging process for a quite tame comedy. Watch […]
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By Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – Here is a list of recent films that Catholic News Service has rated on the basis of moral suitability. The first symbol after each title is the Catholic News Service classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association of America. CNS classifications: A-I, general patronage; A-II, adults and […]
Arts
By-rote remake of the eponymous1976 horror outing – based, like its predecessor, on Stephen King’s 1974 novel. This time it’s Chloe Grace Moretz who’s endowed with powerful telekinetic powers, and uses them to take bloody vengeance at the senior prom on classmates who have humiliated her. Director Kimberly Peirce puts Carrie and her deranged religious […]
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More intelligent than many of its genre peers, this actioner pairing Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger is also too harsh for all but the hardiest viewers. Stallone plays an expert on prison security who poses as an inmate to test each institution he investigates. He gets more than he bargained for, however, when he goes […]
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A series of juvenile pranks on real people strung together with a road-trip plot doesn’t make for much of a film. Director Jeff Tremaine, who co-wrote the screenplay with Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville, has Knoxville’s character, just-widowed 86-year-old Irving Zisman, driving his 8-year-old grandson (Jackson Nicoll) from Nebraska to North Carolina because the lad’s […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
Reading Time
1
min