The Revenant (2015)
A bear almost kills him, & frontiersman Hugh Glass is left behind to die. He struggles to survive the winter cold & track down the man who killed his son.
January 2016 Journal
In this issue – Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Spotlight, Brooklyn, Concussion, Trumbo, In the Heart of the Sea, The 33, Joy, The Revenant, Youth, and more.
Wind River (2017)
On an Indian reservation a rookie FBI female agent asks the local game tracker to help her discover who raped & murdered a teenage girl whose barefoot body he had found frozen in the snow.
Knight of Cups (2015)
In this stream of consciousness film a screenwriter is like a lost knight who has forgotten his mission, and so he recalls the past as he seeks recovery.
New! First Visual Parables Journal of 2016
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Joy (2015)
This is as entertaining a story about perseverance and fulfilling the American Dream. (4.5 out of 5 stars) Click the image to read my entire review.
Film Capsules December 2015
Click on a title to see the longer review on Visual Parables’ website—I especially encourage you to do this for Spotlight. I have also seen the new Star Wars film, plus the excellent films Brooklyn, Concussion, and In the Heart of the Sea, but have not had time to finish reviewing them. They will be …