You’ll have a lot to discuss with friends after watching this film about a daring journalist whose life takes a dramatic turn. CLICK on the movie’s title to read my entire review.
Miss. Freedom Summer Project Part 13
Friday night we ate supper in what could only be described as a “dive.” We would have been scared to death to enter such a place in the North. People sitting around drinking & talking. Several dancing, many of them quite high. Everyone nodding or saying hello as we walked in. Roger & I had …
The Birdcage (1996)
The grown son of the gay Albert & Armand wants to marry the daughter of a right-wing US Senator & not reveal their status when they meet the other family.
A Walk Among Tombstones (2014)
A guilt-ridden ex-cop turned P.I. tracks down kidnappers who abduct & kill the women of drug dealers. Active in A.A., he befriends a homeless black youth.
The Boxtrolls (2014)
A fantasy about a boy raised by boxtrolls, this animated film shows how the powerful demonize a group & stir up the public to persecute those at the bottom.
The Maze Runner (2014)
Teenaged Thomas is stranded in a community confined by a giant maze. They must try to find a way out before darkness & dangerous creatures descend on them.
Miss. Freedom Summer Project Part 12
Wednesday. We said good-bye to Doug Marr who was returning to Conn. Wish we’d had more time together. Doug graduated from seminary the same year I did. (1963) He’s a person you really enjoy sitting down & exchanging with. Later in the morning Roger & I drove Lisa over to the Gulf station where she …
The Good Lie (2014)
This inspiring story of 3 Christian Sudanese refugees learning how to start over in the US focuses rightly upon the Africans rather than the white helpers.
The Trip to Italy (2014)
2 British food critics drive thru Italy to write about restaurants. Along the way they imitate actors , & reflect upon poet Shelly & Byron’s famous trip.
If I Stay (2014)
Critically injured in a crash that kills her parents, a talented girl in an out of body experience keeps watch in the hospital & reflects back on her life as she tries to decide whether to live or die.