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.
Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 2 (2015)
In the last of this sci-fi series Katniss sees the dark side of war & politics as she continues to be the symbol of revolt against Pres. Snow’s tyranny.
Film Capsules June 2015
To see the full review at the Visual Parables site, click onto the title of the films that are underlined. Love and Mercy Rated PG-13. Psalm 103:2-5; Jude 1:2. Whether or not you are a fan of Brian Williams and The Beach Boys, this unusual biographical film has plenty of drama and Biblical resonance that …
The Fall Guy (2024)
Whatever genre you think director David Leitch’s new film belongs in— action, crime/mystery, screwball comedy, movie about movies, or romcom—it ranks at the top of that genre. Never a dull moment, the film is a warm tribute to the stunt men (and women) who take the fall for a star who is too valuable to …
Suzume (2022)
Director/writerand his team of animators provide a mythological interpretation for the hundreds of earthquake tremors Japan suffers each year—and particularly for the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and caused the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011. This beautifully animated adventure tale is a good one for …
Hard Miles (2023)
This is a “based on a true story” film of redemption that will leave you feeling hopeful that redemption can come to seemingly hopeless youth—and also leaving you with a sense of awe at the grandeur of Nature. Director R.J. Daniel Hanna (also co-writer with Christian Sander) offers us a good family film that could …
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
Liam Neeson’s latest foray into violence-laden action films is a little more nuanced than his usual fare. This time he is Finbar Murphy, a widower living in a cottage in the small coastal town of Glencolmcille, Donegal during the Troubles of the mid-70s. He is a good neighbor to the older Rita (Niamh Cusack) across the …
200 Meters (2021)
Palestinian-Jordanian Ameen Nayfeh director/writer shows us the effect that the Israeli wall dividing the West Bank from Israel has on a Palestinian family. It is an effective tool for a better understanding of “the Palestinian situation” than an abstract discussion of the issues because it never preaches, but rather tells a story of an ordinary …
Arthur the King (2024)
Simon Cellan Jones bases his new film on the book Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home. The film is a combination of the typical dog story, in which a mutt captures your heart, with a sports film aimed to pump up the rate of your heartbeat. The sport is Adventure Racing …
Ordinary Angels (2024)
This based-on-a-true-story film can serve as a tonic for those jaded by so much bad news from politics, shootings, and the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Though highly embellished, director Jon Gunn’s reminds us that here are a lot of good people out there who care about their fellow humans. There is …