Few pieces of English literature are more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens’s novella, “A Christmas Carol.” For many people, the stage production or its many literal or analogous …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — Science fiction is often used as an allegorical vessel within which to explore real-life current events, and such is the case with “The Creator” (20th …
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“Mister Magic”Kiersten White, Del Rey Books (2023)304 pages, $28 If you are active on social media, regularly watch a news program or follow any sort of television program closely you …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – “A Haunting in Venice” (20th Century) is the third in a series of Agatha Christie adaptations, all featuring her famed sleuth Hercule Poirot, on which …
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‘What is Christianity? The Last Writings’Pope Benedict XVI, Elio Guerriero (Editor), Georg Gänswein (Editor)Ignatius Press (2023)216 pages, $24.95 When Pope Benedict XVI passed into eternity at the end of 2022, …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – More than 20 years ago, Greek Canadian actress and author Nia Vardalos penned the script for a screen adaptation of a one-woman play she had …
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“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”:James McBride, Riverhead Books (2023)400 pages, $28 “God, I thank you that I am not like other people,” the Pharisee prayed in Jesus’ parable of …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — If jump-scares were an Olympic competition, director Michael Chaves’ horror sequel “The Nun II” (Warner Bros.) would undoubtedly be festooned with gold medals. As was the case …
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Much of the western world celebrates work and workers on May 1, either as the secular International Workers’ Day or the Catholic Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. In the …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Underdog stories have a broad appeal, especially when they occur in real life. So the tale of Texan Rickey Hill’s against-the-odds struggle to become a …
