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Slick but forgettable cautionary tale in which a ruined Wall Street executive-turned-graduate student (Justin Timberlake) is recruited by a charismatic online-gambling tycoon (Ben Affleck) to help administer the mogul’s burgeoning, Costa Rica-based betting empire. As the lad becomes increasingly disillusioned with his new mentor’s shady ways, an FBI agent (Anthony Mackie) pressures him to collect […]
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The 1976 Formula One racing season provides the backdrop for this fact-based drama about the rivalry between its two leading drivers: freewheeling British playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and obsessively disciplined Austrian Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl). Hunt’s dissolute ways, only somewhat muted by his marriage to high-profile model Suzy Miller (Olivia Wilde), draw his relentlessly […]
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By Maria-pia Negro
Detective Bill Woolf Jr., a member of the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force and Gang Investigation Unit, has added more responsibilities to his already-packed schedule. He goes to schools and churches to talk about human trafficking – a growing problem affecting young people in Northern Virginia. Human trafficking is a $32 billion industry that […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Bible, in passages like Proverbs 16:31, glorifies old age. “Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by a life that is just.” But aging can bring physical and emotional challenges, and churches are positioned to help seniors adjust to those challenges, including end-of-life issues. On Sept. 26, nearly 100 Catholic Charities […]
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By Nora Hamerman For The Catholic Herald
Little Flowers of St. Francis, a biography of the saint from Assisi composed around 1390, recounts that “Francis’ devotion brought him to St. James of Galicia” – the shrine of the apostle at Santiago de Compostela on the Atlantic coast of Spain, to which pilgrims from all over the world have journeyed for a thousand […]
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A trite underdog story provides the framework for a series of energetic break-dancing scenes in director Benson Lee wide-eyed fictional variation on his 2007 documentary “Planet B-Boy.” Anxious for the American team he sponsors to win the international competition of the title, a hip-hop mogul (Laz Alonso) hires an old friend (Josh Holloway) from his […]
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Ghost-fighting and another visit to The Further – an astral plane between the world of the living and Paradise – take up the running time in this not particularly scary sequel to the 2011 original. Director James Wan, who shares writing credits with Leigh Whannell, continues the saga of the Lambert family (chiefly dad Patrick […]
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After his 6-year-old daughter and a playmate are kidnapped, and the prime suspect (Paul Dano) is released for lack of evidence, a seemingly decent family man (Hugh Jackman) turns vicious vigilante in his desperation to force the mentally challenged loner to reveal the little girls’ whereabouts. But the lead detective on the case (Jake Gyllenhaal) […]
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With a price on their heads, a Mafia insider-turned-informant (Robert De Niro), his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) and children (Dianna Agron and John D’Leo) are sent to hide out in a remote Normandy village as part of the witness protection program (supervised by Tommy Lee Jones). Though their bonds with each other are strong, their behavior […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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The Holy Trinity as a model for love