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Movie Review: ‘Blue Beetle’
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Movie Review: ‘Blue Beetle’

Kurt JensenAugust 22, 20234 min read
The resilience of the indestructible loving family, in this case, a Mexican American clan, forms the heart and soul of “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.).
‘Oppenheimer’ gives Catholics opportunity to explain injustice of nuclear weapons
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‘Oppenheimer’ gives Catholics opportunity to explain injustice of nuclear weapons

Kimberly HeatheringtonAugust 18, 20238 min read
The recently released cinema biopic “Oppenheimer” dramatizes the progressive development, assembly, testing and detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb which then led to the dropping of two such bombs over Japan in the twilight days of World War II.
Movie Review: ‘Gran Turismo’
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Movie Review: ‘Gran Turismo’

John MulderigAugust 12, 20233 min read
Director Neill Blomkamp’s lively against-the-odds tale recounts the unlikely career of working-class Welsh lad Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe).
Movie Review: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’
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Movie Review: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

John MulderigAugust 11, 20234 min read
The Last Voyage of the Demeter registers as competent but uneven, with its evident artistic intent barely justifying the quarts of blood spilt as its plot unfolds.
‘With This Light’: The inspiringly subversive and ‘naughty’ Sister Maria Rosa Leggol
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‘With This Light’: The inspiringly subversive and ‘naughty’ Sister Maria Rosa Leggol

Sister Nancy UsslemannAugust 9, 20235 min read
“With This Light,” a documentary releasing in theaters Aug. 11 and then to streaming platforms, tells of the apostolic dynamism of Sister Maria Rosa Leggol, a Franciscan sister known as the “Mother Teresa” of Honduras.
Movie Review: ‘Meg 2: The Trench’
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Movie Review: ‘Meg 2: The Trench’

John MulderigAugust 4, 20232 min read
Seafood goes bad, very bad, very quickly. So, too, does the dead fish-scented sequel “Meg 2: The Trench” (Warner Bros.)
Box office hit ‘Sound of Freedom’ draws kudos, concerns from human trafficking experts
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Box office hit ‘Sound of Freedom’ draws kudos, concerns from human trafficking experts

Gina ChristianAugust 4, 20235 min read
A summer box office hit is garnering both kudos and concerns for its approach to the issue of child trafficking.
Movie Review: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’
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Movie Review: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’

Kurt JensenAugust 3, 20233 min read
In rebooting a decades-old franchise with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount), director and co-writer Jeff Rowe has the titular testudines take a meditative turn.
Movie Review: ‘Talk to Me’
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Movie Review: ‘Talk to Me’

John MulderigAugust 2, 20232 min read
Things get dark down under in the Australian horror yarn “Talk to Me.”
Videogame Review: ‘Resident Evil 4’
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Videogame Review: ‘Resident Evil 4’

Adele Chapline SmithAugust 2, 20233 min read
Good but gruesome more or less sums up “Resident Evil 4” (Capcom).
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