20th Century Women (2016)

A divorced mother, wanting her 14-year-old son to be a good man, asks for help from the young woman boarding in her house & a girl 2 years older than he who is in a Platonic relationship with him.

June 2016 Journal

In this Issue: Pelé: Birth of a Legend, The Meddler, The Lobster, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Money Monster, A Bigger Splash, Love and Friendship, Angry Birds, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Miles Ahead, The Congressman, Everybody Wants Some, Sing Street, and more.

May 2014 Journal

Inside this Visual Parables Journal Issue: Feature on Mother’s Day Films; Reviews of Railway Man, Joe, Captain America: T. Winter Soldier, Rio 2, Draft Day, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Under the Skin, Transcendence, Lunchbox, Le Week-end, Only Lovers Left, and Brick Mansions.

Film Capsules July 2014

To read the longer reviews on this site click onto a film title. Also, most of these long reviews a include set of reflection/discussion questions found exclusively in the July issue Visual Parables.  Ida (Polish with English subtitles) Rated PG-13. John 10:10b; Psalm 27:10 This deeply spiritual little masterpiece by the English/Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski …

Tammy (2014)

After Tammy is fired from her fast food restaurant job she reluctantly embarks on a trip to Niagra Falls with her grandmother & learns life lessons enroute.