Rated G. Our ratings: V -2; L -0; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 44 min. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Ecclesiastes 4.9 Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin. Proverbs 18.24 Quite a line up of characters! …
Bullet to the Head (2013)
Rated R. Our ratings: V 6-; L -6; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 32 min. See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies. They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made. Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on …
The Purge (2013)
Rated R. Our ratings: V -8; L -7; S/N -.2 Running time: 1 hour 25 min. They sit in ambush in the villages; in hiding-places they murder the innocent. Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless; they lurk in secret like a lion in its covert; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they …
White House Down (2013)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-6; L-2; S-5/N-0. Running time: 2 hours 11 min. My companion laid hands on a friend and violated a covenant with me* with speech smoother than butter, but with a heart set on war; with words that were softer than oil, but in fact were drawn swords. Psalm 55:20-21 See …
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Rated R. Our ratings: V -3; L -5; S/N -2. Running time: 2 hours 20 min. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me …
The Impossible (2012)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -5; L -2; S/N -1. Running time: 54 min. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me… Do not let the flood sweep …
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Rated R. Our ratings: V -6 ;L -;4 S/N -. 2. Running time: 1 hour 43 min. The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence. Psalm 11:5 I now am convinced that my decision to skip the first Expendables was correct. Even though Sylvester Stallone has turned …
Red Dawn (2012)
Rated: PG-13. Our ratings: V -8 L -5 S/N -1 The Philistine came on and drew near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him. When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance… Then David ran and stood over the Philistine; …
Midnight’s Children (2012)
NR. Our ratings: V -5; L -3; S/N -.5. Running time: 2 hour 26 min. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us… Romans 12.6a Midnight s Children Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s acclaimed 1981 novel is an epic tale set amidst the chaotic his tory of India from 1917 …
Love Is All You Need (2012)
Rated R. Our ratings: V -1; L -2; S/N -.4 Running time: 1 hour 56 min. Philip is on the left and Ida is the 2nd from the right in this scene from the wedding party. © 2012 Sony Pictures Classics Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16.14 Do nothing …