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Jake Martin, S.J. is an assistant professor of film studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He received his PhD in Film Studies from Trinity College, Dublin in 2023. His book 'What’s So Funny About Faith: A Memoir from the Intersection of the Hilarious and Holy' was published by Loyola Press in 2012.
John Mulaney at Radio City Music Hall (photo: Netflix)
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John Mulaney freely admits that he needs to be liked by everyone.
Chris Rock (photo: Netflix)
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“Tambourine” should be mandatory viewing in all diocesan Pre-Cana programs.
Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue of Canada perform in the ice dance free dance figure skating team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 12 (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson).
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The Winter Olympics are upon us once again, and once again, figure skating steps out of its burrow of athletic obscurity.
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The coming-of-age sitcom follows a group of girls as they navigate their way through Catholic high school during the Troubles. 
Kit Harrington, right, in ‘Gunpowder’ (HBO)
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The series tells the story of the Gunpowder Plot, when a group of Catholics plotted to blow up Parliament.
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The Queue is part of the mythology that makes the Wimbledon experience an experience at all; it goes hand in hand with the strawberries and cream and the all-white attire.
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This is not TV viewing for the faint of heart or any other parts of the soul for that matter.
Melissa Leo as Madalyn Murray O’Hair in "The Most Hated Woman in America" (Netflix) 
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"The Most Hated Woman in America" indicts Madalyn Murray O’Hair as no better than the corrupt religious leaders that she railed against.
photo: Eric Liebowitz/HBO
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“Last Week Tonight” is the best example of the power that humor can have in bringing about change.
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What is it about Sherlock; drama that elicits such admiration and, at times, troubling obsessiveness?