FILMS FOR VALENTINES DAY
I pulled out 10 delightful movies about love for Valentine’s Day, including some for the whole family like “Lady and the Tramp.” Enjoy all 10 mini-reviews by clicking on the headline “Films for Valentine’s Day.”
Frozen (2013)
This is the BEST Disney animated musical since “Beauty and the Beast”! Plus, it features a heroic young woman in the lead role. Go see it with your family! (CLICK on the title, here, to read my entire review.)
Amour (French with English subtitles)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -2-; L 46; S/N -3. Running time: 2 hour 7 min. Georges and Anne try to adapt to the effects of her stroke. (c) 2012 Sony Pictures Classics Even those who live for many years should rejoice in them all; yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be …
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -;4 L -;1 S/N -.1 Running time: 1 hour 54 min. Our heores prepare to battle the giants. 2013 New Line Cinema In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness dhttp://www.visualparables.net/free/eliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and …
Amour (2012)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -2-; L 46; S/N -3. Running time: 2 hour 7 min. Even those who live for many years should rejoice in them all; yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. Ecclesiastes 11:8 Love is patient; love is kind; love is …
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2012)
Rated R. Our ratings: V -4; L – 2; S/N-1 . Running time: 2 hours 8 min. For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are destruction; their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues. Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of …
Mama (2012)
Rated R. Our ratings: V-6 ; L-3 ; S/N .1 Running time: 1 hour 40 min. If my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up. Psalm 27.10 Annabel slowly develops her maternal instincts. 2012 Universal Pictures Actress Jessica Chastain is on a roll this year, this time donning a dark wig …
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Rated PG. Running time: 92 minutes Belle begins to see beneath the ugly surface of her captor. (c) Walt Disney Pictures The Walt Disney studio gave us a wonderful Christmas gift, their delightful Broadway-style musical version of the classic tale Beauty and the Beast. It is so enchanting that adults can watch it in with …
HUGO
Pic 1. Scorcese’s tribute to Buster Keaton as Hugo hides from his pursuer. Pic 2. Hugo starts out on the wrong foot with georges, the grumpy owner of the toy shop in the station. Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Rescue the weak …
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Rated PG-13. Our Ratings: V-0 ;L -2; S/N –2. Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16 Gil with Adriane and Ernest Hemingway. © 2011 Sony Pictures Classics Woody Allen seems …