It was a gala night at the Oscars, with my favorite 12 Years a Slave selected as “Best Picture.” I had hoped that Steve McQueen would have been chosen as Best Director because it would have become a milestone as the first African American director to be entered into this legendary circle. But giving this …
LORENZO’S OIL (1992)
A mother & father have to battle the medical establishment to find a cure or relief for their son slowly dying of a rare disease. Persistence pays off.
Winter’s Tale (2014)
A love story that spans time and death. In 1915 a robber falls in love with a dying girl and then finds himself sent forward to 2014 to seek her fate.
The Lego Movie, a Great Visual Parable
Watching The Lego Movie took me back to Toy Story, both of them supposedly children’s movies. Once this term was used dismissively by sophisticated adults who thought a film had to be directed by a Bergman or Fellini in order to have Meaning. As those of you who have followed my reviews through the years …
The Lego Movie (2014)
Ordinary guy Emmet unexpectedly becomes the leader of a revolt of Lego persons saving their city from being glued in place by Mr. Businessman.
Nonstop (2014)
A Federal Air Marshall faces disaster when in flight a texter demands a huge sum of money or he will kill a passenger every 20 minutes. Whom can he trust?
The Spitfire Grill (1996)
Fresh from prison Percy comes to a small town to work at a grill and changes for the better everyone around her. But her past wound still haunts her.
Robocop (2014)
In 2128 what remains of a Detroit cop blown up by a car bomb is joined to a cyborg or robot to make the perfect cop. But will his humanity be lost?
Faith Perspectives on Oscars’ Best Films
You’ve heard a lot about the Best Picture Oscar nominees. But, this week, I look at these films from the perspective of faith and moral values. Click the headline to read the entire column.
In Memory of Malcolm X
I just learned from reading today’s meditation in Janus Adams’ delightful book FREEDOM DAYS: 365 Inspired Moments in Civil Rights History that today is the 49th anniversary of the murder of Malcolm X in New York’s Audubon Ballroom. Right in front of a crowd of 400 people his killers shot him after one of them …