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Rated R Our ratings: V-2 ; L-5 ; S/N-2 (Note: The last paragraph and the questions contain spoilers, so stop if you have not seen the film.) O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have covered my head in the day of battle. Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do …
Rated R Our content rating: V-5; L-3; S/N-2. The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him; but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-4 ; L-5 ; S/N-3 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake. Ecclesiastes 10:8 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Director and co-writer Wes Anderson’s current film seems to lack the energy of his previous two quirky films …
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Rated PG-13 Our content rating: V-7; L-2; S/N-3. I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek, thou dost break the teeth of the wicked. Psalm 3:6-7a King Arthur …
Rated R Our content rating V-8; L-4; S/N-2. Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil. Jeremiah 13:23 General Template Because of the flashbacks in Vo. 2, we can now appreciate better the first Kill Bill. Quentin Tarantino provides us …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-4 ; L- 1; S/N-1 But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. Matthew 25:18 The Incredibles Unlike the fearful servant in Jesus’ parable, Bob and Helen Parr (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, superheroes par excellence) …
Rated PG Our content rating: V-3; L-1; S/N-1. Two Brothers Although this film stars Guy Pearce as hunter and tomb robber Aiden McRory, the real stars of Jean-Jaques Annaud’s environmentally concerned story are two tiger cubs. As with his wonderful 1989 The Bear (reviewed in the Dec. 1990 VP), the director use live animals, enhanced …
Rated PG-13 Our Content Rating: V-0 ; L-2 ; S/N-4 For the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage. “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle …