Grand Canyon (1991)
10 Los Angelese, white & black, struggle with the sense that the nation is sick and their lives are going nowhere, & then a white & a black become friends.
Film Capsules April 2016
Eye in the Sky Rated R. Running time: 1 hour 42 min. Matthew 10:28-30. This is a fascinating exploration of the ethics of our nation’s engagement in drone warfare to fight terrorists. Helen Mirren plays a British-USA-Kenyan team that has been tracking down a Brit married to a Somali terrorist for six years. Thanks to …
Theologians Under Hitler (2005) DVD
Documentary-Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 4 min. Our star rating (1-5): 4 Ah, you who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of …
PULP FICTION (1994)
3 stories include 2 hitmen arguing about miracles & God; a boxer defying his crime boss by not throwing a fight; & a pair of boy & girl friend inept robbers.
Film Capsules January 2016
To read the full reviews click onto a film title. Feel free to use any or all in a newsletter, the only requirement being that the source be acknowledged as (c) Ed McNulty, Visual Parables. Concussion PG-13. Running time: 2 hours 4 min. Proverbs 4:9-13. Proverbs 31:8-9; Isaiah 29:15 Nigerian-American Dr. Bennet Omalo discovers through …
Oh, God! (1977)
It’s time for a new generation to discover this comedy classic with George Burns as God showing up to reassure a very anxious humanity. Click the image to read my entire faith-and-film review.
Little Boy (2015)
During WW 2 a bullied little boy, trying to bring his father back from the war, learns lessons in racial tolerance & the difference between faith & magic.
The Age of Adaline (2015)
A 29 year-old woman, made ageless during an accident in the 1930s, decides to keep apart from all but her daughter, until she meets a man she gives in to.
The Boxtrolls (2014)
A fantasy about a boy raised by boxtrolls, this animated film shows how the powerful demonize a group & stir up the public to persecute those at the bottom.
Film Capsules September 2014
Calvary Rated R. Romans 12:14-19. Appropriately named, this Irish film stars the magnificent Brendan Gleeson as a priest who, in effect, is called to atone for the shameful sin of child abuse committed by the priests of the Irish Catholic Church. The fact that Fr. James is innocent and faithful to his calling makes his …