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Set in the early 1940s, this is the story of how Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S Burroughs met at Columbia Un. and began what was to become The Beat Generation. It is also the tale of a murder that implicated them all.
The film, based on the memoir of Solomon Northrop, is about his being kidnapped and set to hard labor as a slave on Louisiana plantations before winning his freedom after 12 years
Former Labor Sec. Robert Reich speaks around the country about the income gap between the wealthy and the middle class and the necessity for maintaining a strong middle class if the nation’s economy is to be robust.
After more than 40 years of publishing film reviews, study guides, and books, Visual Parables host Edward McNulty is a trusted friend in faith communities nationwide. His body of work explores the connections between faith and popular culture. Thousands of people have enjoyed his books, monthly journals, and have spoken with him at his workshops in …
The March / April 2013 issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Amour, Warm Bodies, Side Effects, Identity Thief, Broken City, Mama, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Snitch, A Good Day to Die Hard, Safe Haven, Beautiful Creatures, A Haunted House, 21 & Over, and Bullet to the Head.
Rated R. Our ratings: V -6; L -;7 S/N -7. Running time: 1 hour 35 min. “Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal …
Rated R. Our ratings: V -6; L -1; S/N-4. Running time: 1 hour 24 min. Matt, Steve, and Andrew impulsively enter a large hole in the ground. (c) 2012 20th Century Fox Films Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -2; L -1; S/N -2. Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offence. Proverbs 19.11 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight …
Rated PG-13. V -2; L -1; S/N -3. Running time: 1 hour 44 min. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self… 1 Corinthians 13:4a (Peterson’s The Message) Paige and Leo in their car a moment before the truck rear-ends them. 2012 Screen Gems Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams are a …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -6; L -3; S/N -4. Running time: 2 hours 15 Min. Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? Mark 8:18 Heroine and hero in a tight spot–one of many! 2012 Columbia Pictures I don’t remember enough …