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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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Movie reviews

Thursday, 14 July 2011 16:00

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

Bad Teacher (Columbia)
Coarse comedy celebrates a morally impaired middle-school teacher (Cameron Diaz) bent on landing a rich husband. Foul-mouthed, slatternly, racist, and conniving, she sets her sights on a new substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) while feuding with one full-time colleague (Lucy Punch) and rejecting the attentions of another (Jason Segel).

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Movie Reviews

Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:00

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

Bad Teacher (Columbia)
Coarse comedy celebrates a morally impaired middle-school teacher (Cameron Diaz) bent on landing a rich husband. Foul-mouthed, slatternly, racist, and conniving, she sets her sights on a new substitute teacher (Jason Timberlake) while feuding with one full-time colleague (Lucy Punch) and rejecting the attentions of another (Jason Segel).

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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.