3 stories include 2 hitmen arguing about miracles & God; a boxer defying his crime boss by not throwing a fight; & a pair of boy & girl friend inept robbers.
Race (2016)
Race is about the races Jesse Owens won at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as well as the prejudice of both Nazis & Americans against his African American race..
Mustang (2015)
You’ll have to search for this remarkable French film set in Turkey, but it’s well worth the effort. (4 stars) Click the image to read my entire review.
Hail Caesar (2016)
In the Coen Brothers spoof of 1950s Hollywood a studio fixer has his hands full searching for the kidnapped star of its major unfinished Jesus film, getting other stars out of jams, & considering the offer of a job giving him more money & more time with his neglected family.
Film Capsules February 2016
To see a longer review with the full Scripture text, click onto the film title.. Churches are welcome to reprint any or all of the reviews in their newsletters or in what would otherwise be a blank space in a Sunday bulletin. At Theaters The Finest Hours Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 57 min. …
American Gun (2005)
The lives of 7 people living in cities from Oregon to Chicago to Virginia are impacted by guns, 3 of them enduring the aftermath of a mass school shooting.
The Finest Hours (2015)
The true story of how 4 U.S. Coast Guardsmen ventured into a super storm on “a suicide mission” & rescued over 30 men stranded on a tanker broken in half.
Anomalisa (2015)
A motivational speaker is so alienated that all others seems to be one person until at a hotel he meets a woman who restores his spirit, but will it last?
Theeb (2014)
This coming of age story is set in a province of the Ottoman Empire during WW 1 when a desert trek will change life forever for young Bedouin Theeb.
Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
The true story of a white liberal pastor & a black teacher in Oxford N.C. is told in this story of a fight for justice after a jury acquits 3 whites who murdered a black veteran.