The Express (2008)

Rated PG. Our Rating: V-2 ; L- 1; S/N-2 . Length: 2 hours 9 min. Ah, you who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right… Isaiah 10:1-2a I charged your judges at that time: “Give the members …

Street Kings (2008)

Rated R. Our ratings: V- 7; L- 8; S/N-1. Running time: 1 hour 49 min. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 (RSV) Fox Searchlight Pictures With a title reminding one of …

Stop-Loss (2008)

Rated R. Our ratings: V- 5; L- 6; S/N-2. Running time: 1 hour 53 min. My days are past, my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart. They make night into day; ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’ If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my …

Ponyo (2008)

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one wholoves another has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8 Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, like those at Pixar, creates his films for adults as well as for children. His current beautifully animated tale, based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story “The Little Mermaid,” is made by the old fashioned way, by …

Milk (2008)

Rated R. Our ratings: V-4 ; L- 5; S/N -4. Running time: 2 hours 8 min. Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 Milk Although virtually all church folk, South and North, agree today …