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Stephan James stars in a scene from the movie "Race." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Race

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NEW YORK - Run, don't walk, to the nearest multiplex and see "Race" (Focus), a supremely entertaining biopic about Olympic track and field legend Jesse Owens (Stephan James).

Brian Paisley, host of the documentary Hell: A Survivor’s Guide. It airs Feb. 8 on Vision TV

Modern-day descent into hell

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You might think Heaven and hell are a matched set — you can’t have one without the other. But the post-modern mind seems to have decoupled two of the most basic and universal religious ideas in human history, according to the writer and host of Hell: A Survivor’s Guide.

Biopic about black preacher is toast of Sundance

Biopic about black preacher is toast of Sundance

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Reserve the hashtag #Oscarssoblack for next year’s awards.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Pope Francis look at a book during their meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Jan. 28.

DiCaprio gets a papal audience ahead of Oscars

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VATICAN CITY - Possibly hoping for divine intervention ahead of next month’s Academy Awards, Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio met with fellow environmentalist Pope Francis.

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in a scene from the movie The Revenant.

The Revenant and higher justice

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Alejandro Iñárritu’s new film The Revenant is one of the most talked about movies, and for good reason. The opening 20 minutes, which feature a frighteningly realistic Indian attack and a horrifically vivid mauling by a grizzly bear, are absolutely compelling viewing. And the remainder of the film is so involving that this viewer at least felt physically sick as he followed the sufferings of the main character.

Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann, right, sits with farmers at Willo’ Wind Farm in Zephyr, Ont. as part of Salt + Light’s new docuseries, Creation.

New docu-series brings Laudato Si’ teachings to life

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Five years to produce six half-hour television shows sounds like an extremely generous timeline, but God is an extremely generous executive producer in Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann’s eyes.

In The Masked Saint, pastor Chris Samuels as The Saint must defeat The Reaper to raise enough money to save his church

A masked warrior of God

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Move over Batman and Daredevil. Here comes the Masked Saint.

Sanjay's Super Team

Pixar’s ‘Sanjay’s Super Team’ takes a gamble on Hindu theme

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Pixar, the computer animation studio beloved for its kid-friendly fare such as “Finding Nemo” and “Inside Out,” is not known for taking on religious themes.

Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo and Brian d’Arcy James star in a scene from the movie Spotlight, a look into the real-life events leading up to the disclosure of clergy abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston.

Film puts Boston clergy abuse crisis in Spotlight

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The clergy abuse-themed drama Spotlight is a movie no Catholic will want to see. Whether it’s a film many mature Catholics ought to see is a different question entirely.

Charlton Heston starred in the 1959 film epic Ben-Hur. A new version is set to be released in theatres in February.

Biblical epic Ben-Hur story to be told again

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NEW YORK - The horses have been harnessed and the chariot wheels greased for the new take on the classic film Ben-Hur that will roll into cinemas early next year.

Don Piper (Hayden Christensen) is welcomed home from hospital by his family in the film 90 Minutes in Heaven.

A better life on the road to Heaven

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Don Piper died instantly when an oncoming semi-trailer truck crashed into his car on his way home from a conference on Jan. 18, 1989. By the time paramedics were on the scene, they found his body crushed by the roof of his Ford Escort. He had no pulse and the paramedics were just waiting for the medical examiner to arrive to make it official.

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