“Joan” of Arkansas in this story is Joanie Smith, a 16-year-old unpopular high school student who overcomes a range of hardships to find grace and redemption for herself and those …
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“28 Years Later” contains skewed values, pervasive gory violence, full nudity in a nonsexual context, a couple of profanities and frequent rough language.
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Michael D. O’Brien is one of the great spiritual writers of our age. Though most of his books are novels, they invite one into a deeper contemplation of the great …
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A decade and a half after its popular animated namesake was released comes the live-action remake “How to Train Your Dragon” (Universal).
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – The Grim Reaper will have his revenge on those who try to cheat him of his haul. Such is the dubious message of the franchise …
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After psychiatric treatment fails to cure the long-time mental troubles of Emma Schmidt, Father Riesinger is authorized to try to free the tormented young woman of demonic possession.
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Catholicism exerted an important influence on the life of actor George Wendt, best known for portraying lovable barfly Norm Peterson on the NBC sitcom “Cheers.”
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“Lilo & Stitch” (Disney) is the latest yield of a long-term project on the part of the Mouse House to remake some of their more popular animated features of the …
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NEW YORK (OSV News) – Tom Cruise takes his eighth turn as infinitely resourceful spy Ethan Hunt in the grand-scale adventure “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount). The stakes …
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A new documentary, ‘The Inner Sea,’ tells a story of adoption, music and love
by Zoey Maraistby Zoey Maraist(OSV News) — More than 20 years ago, Kate Stapleton stood on the shores of Lake Michigan and made the heart-wrenching decision to place her daughter for adoption. What happened …
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