A magical new film starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel! (5 out of 5 stars) Click the image to read my entire review.
The 33 (2015)
When 33 Chilean miners are trapped by a cave-in, the government intervenes because the company wants to give up on them, there ensuing a rescue with many setbacks.
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.
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.
Concussion (2015)
Nigerian-American Dr. Bennet Omalu discovers that concussions suffered during a football player’s career can lead to mental & health problems has to fight the NFL to get the truth out.
Brooklyn (2015)
I’m giving 5 out of 5 stars to this simple immigrant tale from the early 1950s. Click on the image to read my entire review.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
The Force Awakens returns to us several beloved characters and introduces new ones–good & evil–all involved in a quest for Luke Skywalker & a war for control of the inhabited universe..
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 …
Trumbo (2015)
The vicious Red Scare in Hollywood after WW 2 is personalized in this bio of writer Dalton Trumbo, who when blacklisted, still won an Oscar under a pseudonym.
The Letters (2015)
The surprising story of Nobel Prize winner Mother Teresa’s doubt-wracked life is told, from her life as a cloistered nun to her founding her own order.