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Whether or not you’ll enjoy watching the big screen version of the hit musical “Mamma Mia” will largely depend on your expectations. If you expect it to be as good as last year’s adaptation of “Hairspray,” you will likely be disappointed. If you expect that dreamy Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan can carry a tune,…

The long-awaited sequel, “The Dark Knight,” to Christopher Nolan’s wildly popular “Batman Begins,” is well over two hours of white-knuckled, grip your seat, hide your eyes, action and suspense. Without going into specifics (I really don’t want to spoil anything about this movie for those who’ve yet to see it–that would be a sin), I…

Every generation has its signature Catholic movie: Bing and Barry Fitzgerald in “Going My Way,” Julie Andrews nose-wrinkling her way through “The Sound of Music,” the ambivalent faith and flawed priests of 1984’s “Mass Appeal,” Mel’s militant metaphysics in “The Passion of the Christ.” Late last year, Colleen McDannell, the authority on the “material culture”…

While Miley Cyrus is on the cover of the latest issue of TV Guide Magazine promoting her new album and new movie–as well as virginity and the fact that God is one of the seven things she can’t do without–I can’t say it’s been a great week for Miley in the press. Though the Vanity…
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