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‘The Help’: A richly humanistic and welcome tale

Friday, 19 August 2011 00:00

Though unlikely to be popular with the more senior members of the Junior League of Jackson, Miss., the warm, deftly acted drama "The Help" (Disney) seems destined to win hearts in many other quarters.

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Movie reviews

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 14:19

The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service.

Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount)
A complete absence of cynicism, a crackling undercurrent of dry wit, and the classical purity of its golden-age Hollywood references distinguish this comic book adaptation relating the origins story of the titular superhero (Chris Evans).

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Movie reviews

Friday, 05 August 2011 09:06

The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service.

Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount)
A complete absence of cynicism, a crackling undercurrent of dry wit, and the classical purity of its golden-age Hollywood references distinguish this comic book adaptation relating the origins story of the titular superhero (Chris Evans).

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Directing-acting pair's path to Hollywood began at Georgetown

Wednesday, 27 July 2011 10:58

Actress Brit Marling and director Mike Cahill, both graduates of Georgetown University, never figured they'd be on the south side of M Street — the college is on the north side of the fashionable Washington neighborhood — to promote a movie conceived in part by their studies at the Jesuit-run university.

Marling and Cahill co-wrote "Another Earth," which deals with the fatal fallout of what happens when a new planet in our solar system is discovered, and it turns out to be a virtual mirror image of the planet Earth — complete with people with the same names and personal histories.

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‘Hallows 2’: A gratifying wrap-up for ‘Harry’ & Co.

Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:00

One of the most successful movie franchises of all time goes out in style with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (Warner Bros.).

Though this eighth installment in the series that began with 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" may bewilder newcomers — if there are any of the uninitiated left, they will not find themselves mollycoddled by patient exposition — director David Yates provides a gratifying wrap-up to a decade of blockbuster adaptations.

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Papal intentions for May: That administrators of justice may act always with integrity and right conscience; That seminaries, especially those of mission churches, may form pastors after the Heart of Christ, fully dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel.