Moana (2016)
A brave Polynesia princess sets forth on a sea journey on a perilous quest.
War Dogs (2016)
During the Iraq War when a greedy young man learns he can profit from Pentagon contracts, he brings his naïve friend into the business, the results turning out not so profitable after all.
CRIMES and MISDEMEANORS (1989)
A man gets away with a crime, killing his mistress, & a filmmaker loses the girl & his belief in a moral universe in a tale questioning morality & a just God.
Wild (2014)
A woman grieving over her mother’s death and her own mistakes sets out on an 1100-mile hike to do penance and renew her life, a secular pilgrimage.
Whiplash (2014)
A jazz teacher, using cruel methods to push his percussionist student to achieve perfection, raises the question of what happened to kindness & inspiration?
Film Capsules September 2013
Each month, I post a series of very short film reviews—focusing mainly on films that will be fully reviewed in Visual Parables Journal. This capsule-sized feature was started several years ago as a service for clergy, newsletter editors and teachers to alert them to films worth seeing (or, in some cases, as a warning of …
What a Difference: Snitch & A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Snitch Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V 6-; L -6; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 55 min. Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication. Attend to me, and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught 3by the noise of the enemy, because of the …
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The Hunger Games
Note: the following contains some plot revelations necessary so if you have not read the novel or seen the film, beware–you might want to wait till you have. Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V -5; L -2; S/N -1. No shrinking violet, this heroine! © 2012 Lionsgate Films No one has greater love than this, to lay down …
The Hunger Games (2012)
Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V -5; L -2; S/N -1. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to …
Precious (2009)
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 7; L- 8; S-6 Running time: 1 hour 49 min. Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.’ Deuteronomy 15:11 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor …