Short Term 12

This week, don’t miss a small movie: Short Term 12, about a wounded healer helping an abused teenager at a residential counseling center. Aptly named Grace, she embodies the kind of hard-earned, compassionate love that can change lives. Click “Movie Reviews” above.

Short Term 12

Grace, a compassionate caregiver at a facility for troubled youth bonds with a newcomer who has suffered from an abusive father, just as she had. As a wounded healer Grace also needs help so she can move on and open herself up to the man she loves.

Amour (2012)

Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -2-; L 46; S/N -3. Running time: 2 hour 7 min. Even those who live for many years should rejoice in them all; yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. Ecclesiastes 11:8 Love is patient; love is kind; love is …

Sparkle (2012)

Rated PG. Our ratings: V 2-; L -3; S/N -5. Running time: 1 hour 34 min. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—this is the first commandment with a promise: ‘so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ …

Lincoln (2012)

PG-13. Our ratings: V -2; L -4; S/N -3. Running time: 2 hours 12 min. the fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 19:9 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who …

Lore (2012)

Rated NR. Our ratings: V -4; L -3; S/N -4. Running time: 1 hour 49 min. See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies. Psalm 7.14 But when he came to himself … Luke 15:17 Hitler Youth Lore and her siblings are shadowed by Thomas, a former concentration camp …

Arbitrage (2012)

PG. Our ratings: V -3; L -1; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 47 min. Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well. The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of …