Escape Plan
This pairing of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Scharzenegger centers on how they will break out of an escape proof CIA prison headed by a sadistic warden.
This pairing of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Scharzenegger centers on how they will break out of an escape proof CIA prison headed by a sadistic warden.
Rated R. Our ratings: V-5; L-5; S-5/N-1 O Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: For his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: For his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: For his mercy endureth forever. … Who remembereth in our lowly estate: …
Once again it is time to offer up VP’s Top Ten Films list. Perhaps “past” should preface “time,” as most critics have long since published their lists. However, as one dwelling in the hinterlands, that vast space between NYC and LA depicted in the famous NEW YORKER Magazine’s cartoon cover, I wanted to wait until …
A funny & yet serious remake of the Christ Story, Blacks portraying Jews & whites the oppressive Romans, thus tying the story to racism.
Bayard Rustin was a genius at organizing mass events, but few Americans know anything about him–and this is just what the makers of the new Netflix film RUSTIN hope to correct. For details of his exciting story, I refer you to my review, found elsewhere on this site. What I want to address here is …
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This fantasy based on the Barbie Doll satirizes the patriarchy as Barbie travels to the Real World & is transformed in the process.
Jem, devout, talented leader of her church’s dance troupe, & her youth pastor fall in love & justify their adultery by “God intends for us to be together.”
A beloved book about a young girl’s puberty & confusion of faith in an interfaith marriage is faithfully transferred to the screen.
Writer/director Cristobal Krusen’s previous two films—Final Solution and Sabina K.–focus upon other people facing crises of values and faith, but his newest film—Let Me Have My Son—is a fictionalized story of his own spiritual journey that centers on his son’s descent into mental illness. He takes us on a surrealistic journey of a father visiting …
During the Hippy Era a charismatic street evangelist transforms a youth & the pastor of a dying church into the spearhead of a Jesus Revolution.