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ADAM SHAW, Catholic News Service
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Friday, 25 May 2012
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NEW YORK (CNS)—A Chinese saying holds that good things come in pairs, while trifectas we know to be rare by definition. And those guidelines, alas, hold true for "Men in Black 3" (Columbia).
This moderately fun but ultimately forgettable outing for the well-established secret alien crime-fighting...
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JOHN MULDERIG, Catholic News Service
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Friday, 18 May 2012
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NEW YORK (CNS)—The great 18th-century lexicographer and sage Samuel Johnson once observed that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
He was referring, of course, not to genuine love of country, but to the kind of frantic, chauvinistic fl...
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JOHN MULDERIG, Catholic News Service
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Friday, 11 May 2012
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NEW YORK (CNS)—Long before "Twilight's" Edward Cullen and other Johnny-come-lately vampires, there was television's Barnabas Collins, played by the recently deceased Jonathan Frid. Time was when legions of teenage baby boomers would rush home from ...
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ADAM SHAW, Catholic News Service
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Friday, 04 May 2012
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NEW YORK (CNS)-Seemingly destined to haul in wads of cash at the box office, the ensemble adventure "Marvel's The Avengers" (Disney) will not disappoint fans of the comic books on which it's based. But it may prove problematic for the parents of some...
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ADAM SHAW, Catholic News Service
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Friday, 27 April 2012
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NEW YORK (CNS)—An impoverished presentation of marriage is the principal, but not the only, problematic aspect of director and co-writer Nicholas Stoller's "The Five-Year Engagement" (Universal).
His romantic comedy tracks San Francisco sous chef ...
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KURT JENSEN, Catholic News Service Friday, 20 April 2012 NEW YORK (CNS)—Four couples learn lessons about maturity and mutual respect in "Think Like A Man" (Screen Gems), a sprawling romantic comedy based on comic Steve Harvey's best-selling book of relati... |
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HENRY HERX, Catholic News Service Friday, 06 April 2012 This review originally published Dec. 11, 1997.
NEW YORK (CNS)—Making a spectacle of the greatest sea disaster of the century is the special effects blockbuster, "Titanic" (Paramount), now rereleas... |
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JOHN MULDERIG, Catholic News Service Friday, 09 December 2011 NEW YORK (CNS)—A disappointing salute to an often disappointing social event, "New Year's Eve" (Warner Bros.) wastes a talented ensemble cast on a painfully forced romantic comedy.
Reuniting for a ... |
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. Wednesday, 07 December 2011 TOLEDO—“Catholicism,” a multi-part documentary series, begins airing at 3 p.m. Dec. 13 on WGTE. One episode is being aired each subsequent Tuesday at 3 p.m. until Jan. 3.
The series is airing i... |
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JOSEPH McALEER, Catholic News Service Friday, 02 December 2011 NEW YORK (CNS)—Nearly 50 years after her 1962 death, Marilyn Monroe continues to fascinate, with every detail of her often troubled life and loves endlessly dissected and analyzed. The latest treatm... |
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