The November/December 2012 issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Lincoln, Argo, Trouble with the Curve, Won’t Back Down, Looper, Robot & Frank, Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Master, 7 Psychopaths, Pitch Perfect, Sinister, Cloud Atlas, Sleepwalk With Me, Wreck-it Ralph, Frankenweenie & Hotel Transylvania, Flight, Skyfall, Arbitrage, Taken 2, Chicken & Plums for Dinner Alex Cross, Last Ounce of Courage, 2016: Obama’s America, and more.
The July/August 2012 issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Moonrise Kingdom, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Dark Knight Rises, Ruby Sparks, Brave, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Seeking a Friend at End of World, Intouchables, Savages, Prometheus, To Rome With Love, Bernie, Sound of My Voice, Safety Not Guaranteed, People Like Us, Magic Mike, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Men In Black 3, and more.
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -1; L -3; S/N -4. Running time: 1 hour 52 min. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to …
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Rated R. Our ratings: V -3; L -5; S/N -5. Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Ephesians 4.28 Charlie and Annie, enroute to L.A. 2012 Open Road Film Dax …
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Rated R. Our Ratings: V -0; L -5; S/N -6. Running time: 1 hour 39 min. Our star rating (1-5): 4 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing… And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all …
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Rated R. Our Ratings: V -0; L -5; S/N -6. Running time: 1 hour 39 min. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing… And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 14 …
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Rated R. V-4; L -0; S/N -2. Running time: 1 hour 46 min. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy. Proverbs 12:19-20 For “Those who desire life and desire to see good days, …
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Rated PG-13. V-4; L -0; S/N -2. Running time: 2 hours 3 min. You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty. Exodus 23:6 Search me, O …
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Rated R. Our Ratings: V -0; L -5; S/N -6. Running time: 1 hour 39 min. Therefore encour age one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing… And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them. 1 Thessalonians 5:11, …
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Rated PG. Our ratings: V –1; L-3; S-7;N-1. Running time: 1 hour 31 min. Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but …
Continue reading “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)”