The Purge (2013)

Rated R. Our ratings: V -8; L -7; S/N -.2 Running time: 1 hour 25 min. They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding-places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they …

The Purge (2013)

Rated R. Our ratings: V -8; L -7; S/N -.2 Running time: 1 hour 25 min. They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding-places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they …

August 2016 Journal

Inside this Issue: Hell or High Water, Star Trek Beyond, The Secret Life of Pets, Now You See Me 2, Wiener-Dog, The Purge: Election Year, and more.

July/August 2013 Journal

The July / August issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Star Trek: Into Darkness, Man of Steel, The Great Gatsby, The Angels’ Share, Before Midnight, Mud, Epic, Monsters University, Frances Ha, Renoir, After Earth, Disconnect, At Any Price, Love Is All You Need, World War Z, The Purge, The Heat, Lore, No Place on Earth, Midnight’s Children, Stories We Tell, White House Down, The Internship, and Briars in the Cottonpatch.

Shogun (2024)

Set in the 1600s when Poruguese Catholics have been trading with and have converted a few Japanese, this second adaptation of James Clavell’s historical novel, created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks is so msemerizing that it demands binge watching. Thus far you can watch on Hulu the ten sessions already produced, with two more seasons promised. The …

Joe Bell (2020)

A small-town man sets forth from Oregon to walk to NYC to fight on behalf of his gay son against LGBTQ bullying.