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I know Jean Stapleton was 90 when she died, living well beyond the Biblical three score and ten, but I am still reluctant to let her go. And so, as a viewer and one who wrote about her, I want to share a few thoughts about my slight involvement with her most famous character Edith …
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Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Cyber instructs his son about the dangerous trek he must make. © 2013 Columbia Pictures Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. Psalm 23: 4 There …
In 1971 at a newly integrated Virginia high school a black coach must bring hostile white & black players together in a city in racial crisis- a true story.
An unscrupulous South Carolina Congressman schemes his way to the top of the Washington power structure, lying, using people, even stooping to murder.
A fictional story of an Amish wife is set amidst of the true story of a PA Amish community that offers forgiveness to the murderer of 10 of their girls.
Rated R. Our ratings: V -5; L -7; S/N -2. Running time: 1 hour 58 min. (English Subtitled) The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites, and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labour. They were ruthless in all the tasks that …
War refugee Babette works for 2 sisters & their ascetic sect. When she cooks a feast they reluctantly eat but soon the grace of the meal transforms all of them.
The Bible episodes really did improve, the half covering the New Testament being far superior to the first, where it seemed to be the stories containing R-rated elements—violence and sex—that drew the producers’ interest. Although there are still points to quibble about—and I will raise some of them later—for the most part I felt a …
An unusual teacher inspires his male students to think for themselves &relish poetry. Running afoul of superiors, he is fired but leaves an impression.
With the Fourth Week episodes I can say that the series has really hit its stride. There are still points of criticism, but when I compare last night’s two hours depicting the ministry of Christ to the other “Life of Christ” films, I must say this one holds up pretty well. During the first hour …