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By: The Catholic Post - May 1, 2019 -
Movie Review
animated musical, Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes
Tuesday, voiced by Bebe Rexha, Kitty, voiced by Charli XCX, and Lydia, voiced by Lizzo, appear in the animated movie "UglyDolls." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/STXfilms)
By Catholic News Service Based on the eponymous line of plush toys, this animated musical offers a worthy lesson for children about the need to look beyond superficial appearances for true beauty and goodness. Rejects from the toy factory live together in a harmonious society led by a cheery mayor (voice of Blake Shelton). One […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ant Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Thor
Chris Hemsworth stars in a scene from the movie "Avengers: Endgame." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Primarily set five years after a cosmic villain (Josh Brolin) used a set of energy-endowed gems to wipe out half of all the living creatures in the universe, this sweeping Marvel Comics-based epic charts the efforts of the titular ensemble to harness time travel via Ant Man’s (Paul Rudd) quantum realm […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2019 -
Movie Review
Elle Fanning, Max Minghella, Zlatko Buric
Elle Fanning and Rebecca Hall star in a scene from the movie "Teen Spirit." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/LD Entertainment | Bleecker Street)
By Catholic News Service Elle Fanning is a 17-year-old Polish immigrant farm girl living on Britain’s Isle of Wight who enters a TV singing competition with the attendant complications involved in discovering her inner strengths. Writer-director Max Minghella has filled the story with pop songs old and new and keeps the plot predictable but not […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2019 -
News Article
Tom Brewer is shown in last year's walk to support the OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois. (Photo from Tom's Walk4CHOI Facebook page)
TREMONT — A year ago, Tom Brewer walked 128 miles from Rockford to Peoria to raise funds and awareness for OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois. On Saturday, April 27, the Tremont resident begins a second walk to Peoria, with this one starting in Danville. Brewer’s nine-day, 132-mile trek starts at 8 a.m. that day […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 25, 2019 -
News Article
dormitories, Father Julius, School, Uganda
Construction on dormitories for girls and boys at St. Patrick Nursery and Primary School in Isingiro District, Uganda, can begin thanks to a successful matching grant from The Meehan Family Legacy Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The school, founded by Father Julius Turyatoranwa, is supported by Building Hope in Kids-Uganda (BHIK-U), which was offered […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 25, 2019 -
Living the Word
By Tim Irwin Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)/April 28 Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118:2-4,13-15,22-24;Â Revelation 1:9-11a,12-13,17-19; John 20:19-31 This week the Gospel according to John features the endearing story of St. Thomas the Apostle. Endearing perhaps because we can easily see ourselves in the doubting Didymus. The story of his conversion seems especially timely […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 25, 2019 -
News Article
Marian Halfacre, mother of Msgr. Philip Halfacre, dies MUNSTER, Indiana — A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday, April 25, at St. Thomas More Church here for Marian Louise (Parker) Halfacre, 83, the mother of Msgr. Philip Halfacre, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Streator and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2019 -
Movie Review
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Tahar Rahim
By Catholic News Service Respectful but off-key profile of the biblical saint (Rooney Mara) portrays her decision to join the Apostles in following Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) as a feminist gesture of rebellion against her family and their effort to force her into an arranged marriage. St. Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) comes off as an egotistical villain […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 18, 2019 -
Movie Review
From left, Raymond Cruz, Roman Christou, Linda Cardellini and Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen star in a scene from the movie "The Curse of La Llorona." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Intense but problematic horror story in which a legendary Mexican wraith (Marisol Ramirez), a weeping woman who killed her own children and now preys on those of others, stalks a widowed mother (Linda Cardellini) and her two small kids (Roman Christou and Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen) in 1973 California. Despite some obvious loopholes […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 17, 2019 -
Movie Review
This is a scene from the documentary "Penguins." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Disneynature)
By Catholic News Service At once the profile of a plucky 5-year-old Adelie penguin the filmmakers dub “Steve” and an introduction to his species as a whole, this winning documentary tracks him as he finds a mate and starts a family in the challenging surroundings of Antarctica. From building a nest of rocks in which […]
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