Midnight Mass (2021)
A charismatic priest working miracles renews the faith of a small island parish, but a destructive evil lurks beneath the surface, recognized by a few islanders who resist.
3 Books on Racism and a YouTube Video
I have just finished reading 2 books that expose the poison of racism, one very graphically, and the other in the lofty prose of the essay (but just as forcefully)–COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI and LONG TIME COMING: Reckoning with Race in America. Both …
The Last Champion (2020)
The story of a disgraced man returning to his home town where he finds redemption for himself & a troubled boy when he becomes coach of the hs wrestling team.
Self Made: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)
This 4-part Neflix series chronicles the rise of Madame C.J. Walker from laundress to sales woman to the head of a national cosmetics business.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Disney-Pixar have created a delightful road-trip film about toy friendship & other-concern that are thrilling, funny and offer life lessons for all.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
The son of a poor farmer in Malawi must struggle against his father & other odds to bring water to his drought-stricken village.
The Wife (2017)
Our Content ratings (1-10): Violence 0; Language 3; Sex/Nudity 2. Although Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) does not spin or make clothing for her husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce), she certainly has been the “capable wife” described at the end of the Book of Proverbs. She has, we will see, done far more in their long …
The Circle (2017)
After joining the internet media giant The Circle, Mae quickly rises through its ranks, discovering that the technology she so loves also has devastating downsides.
The Road to Perdition (2002)
Bounds of loyalty are tested when the son of a hit man sees his father & the boss’s son kill people, & the boss decides the young witness must be killed for the sake of safety.
Max Rose (2016)
A recently widowed man, overcome by grief, discovers a locket his wife had saved with an inscription from another man, wonders if his marriage was a sham.