The television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow/Oliver Queen, concluded in late January 2020. In the final moments, a character comments “the Oliver that I met […]
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Winter is a bitter time. Frigid temperatures. Everything slows down. As the temperature decreases the molecules in water slow down. Slower. Slower. Until it eventually turns to ice. Cold is
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In the movie Batman Begins, young Bruce Wayne falls into a well at Wayne Manor while playing with his friend Rachel Dawes. He fractures his leg and is terrified when
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Actor Jim Caviezel is most well-known for his role as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, but in recent years he also starred in the popular CBS series entitled,
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A crisis is defined as a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. The CW’s crossover is tribute to the 1985 storyline Crisis on Infinite Earths. Arguably the most unforgettable
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The legendary life and martyrdom of St. Cecilia is brought to life in a well-produced audio drama by the Augustine Institute Radio Theatre. Called Ode to Saint Cecilia the audio drama
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According to St. Catherine of Siena, “There is no sin or wrong that gives a man a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience.” Anger is one
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Why did Marvel Comics, famous for bringing to life such superheroes as Spider-Man, Captain America, X-Men and the Avengers, create a biography of St. John Paul II’s life in 1982?
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War of the Realms was published as a Marvel event series from April to July 2019, and in trade paperback at the end of August 2019. Marvel has been building
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When I was growing up in the early 1990s, American television was going through an animation renaissance. From the art deco-influenced Batman: The Animated Series to Disney’s gothic Gargoyles and
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