The Last Full Measure (2019)
After over 30 years of trying to get the Cong. Medal of Honor for a medic in Vietnam who gave his life for them, they succeed in getting a Pentagon lawyer to take up the cause, but there are obstacles.
1917 (2019)
During WW I, to save 1600 British soldiers from a German trap, 2 soldiers are sent on a dangerous mission to call off their attack.
Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 3
We continue our Lenten journey in film and Scripture. The last two meditations will be added later today. There are embedded links in most of the titles that will take you to a full review of the film. March 17, 2nd Sunday in Lent. Selma But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like …
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They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
Don’t miss this terrific film. Click on the film title to read my entire review.
Detroit (2017)
During the 1967 Detroit Riot racist cops torture black teenagers & 2 white girls at a motel to get them to turn over a gun which they think was fired at them–during the night the cops murder 3 of the blacks.
Jackie (2016)
Natalie Portman is terrific as Jackie Kennedy. 5 stars. Click the image to read my entire review.
The Conscientious Objector (2004)
The true story of Desmond Doss a conscientious objector awarded a Cong. Medal of Honor for bravely saving the lives of at least 75 men is told via interviews & combat footage of the Battle of Okinawa,
The Accountant (2016)
A math savant suffering from autism grows rich handling finances of foreign crooks while posing as a CPA, but Treasury agents & a killer are closing in on him.
February 2015 Journal – 25th Anniversary
Inside: Selma, Paddington, American Sniper, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Top Five, Penguins of Madagascar, Strange Magic, Mortdecai, The Interview, Cake, House of Cards, Sons of Liberty, Grantchester, Come, Follow Me, Films for Lent and many 25th anniversary highlights.
Eye in the Sky (2015)
A team of British, American, & Kenyan soldiers & politicians debate whether to launch a missile strike against terrorist that might kill also a nearby girl.