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Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department
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Catholic University selling Dorothy dress to help school’s drama department

Carol ZimmermannApril 20, 20225 min read
Dorothy’s refrain, “There’s no place like home,” in “The Wizard of Oz” also could be echoed by her blue and white gingham dress from the 1939 movie.
Priest: Film on lives changed by Holy Hour will move viewers ‘to action’
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Priest: Film on lives changed by Holy Hour will move viewers ‘to action’

Catholic News ServiceApril 20, 20223 min read
“Alive,” a new documentary made in Spain by Bosco and Hakuna Films, tells the stories of five people changed by their encounter with the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist during Holy Hour.
MOVIE REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
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MOVIE REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

John MulderigApril 20, 20223 min read
The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has proved to be a mine of prodigious riches for its creator, J.K. Rowling.
MOVIE REVIEW: Father Stu
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MOVIE REVIEW: Father Stu

John MulderigApril 12, 20223 min read
Positive priest characters are certainly a rarity in contemporary films. So Catholics will welcome the uplifting fact-based biography “Father Stu”.
Wahlberg: Real-life Father Stu has him ‘continuing to carry on his message’
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Wahlberg: Real-life Father Stu has him ‘continuing to carry on his message’

Mark PattisonApril 4, 20224 min read
Catholic actor Mark Wahlberg, who plays the title role in the upcoming movie “Father Stu,” said the real-life Montana priest is “having me continuing to carry on his message.”
TV REVIEW: ‘Servant of the People’
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TV REVIEW: ‘Servant of the People’

John MulderigMarch 29, 20223 min read
Before he started teaching the world how to stand up to a murderous bully, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was an actor and comedian.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Rescued By Ruby’
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Rescued By Ruby’

Chris ByrdMarch 24, 20223 min read
An ambitious lawman and a dog in danger become partners in the winsome fact-based drama “Rescued by Ruby.”
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Adam Project’
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Adam Project’

John MulderigMarch 16, 20222 min read
There are, in fact, two Adams in this time-travel themed tale. Adult Adam (Ryan Reynolds) hails from the year 2050. Arriving in the present, he teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) to nip a future problem for humanity in the bud.
TV REVIEW: ‘Lucy and Desi’
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TV REVIEW: ‘Lucy and Desi’

John MulderigMarch 9, 20223 min read
In the wake of writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s dramatization “Being the Ricardos,” comes a far different portrait of early television’s most iconic real-life couple, the warm and insightful documentary “Lucy and Desi.”
Movie review: ‘The Batman’
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Movie review: ‘The Batman’

John MulderigMarch 7, 20223 min read
Viewers will find themselves thoroughly absorbed by “The Batman” (Warner Bros.). Director and co-writer Matt Reeves’ reboot of the DC Comics-based franchise is a darkly powerful affair, and its script — penned with Peter Craig — plays with the interesting question whether the iconic crimefighter of the title is, in fact, a hero.
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