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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-4; L-4; S-/N-3 My child, do not despise the LORD’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights. Proverbs 3:11-12 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-5 ; L-2 ; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 54 min. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 (KJV) Capote By now you have heard or …
Rated R. Our ratings: V- 2; L-2 S/N-3. Running time: 1 hour 47 min. Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 3; L – 3; S/N – 2. Running time: 1 hour 37 min. The Heart of the Game This exciting basketball film by Ward Serrill is a prime example that we are living in a golden age of documentaries. Mention must be made of film editor Eric Frith, who worked …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- ; L- ; S/N- Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another, speaks evil against the law and judges the law; but i you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. James 4:11 …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-2; L- 1; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 38 min. Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail. Proverbs 22:8 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. Galatians 6:7 Nanny McPhee For those who are put off by …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-2 ; L- 1; S/N-2 . Running time: 1 hour 38 min. Now Sarah said, ‘God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.’ And she said, ‘Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in …
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Rated R. Our ratings: V-5 ; L-3; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 48 min. Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favours! Luke 2:14 Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a …
Based on GIGOT, the story is moved from Paris to NYC where the mute janitor ends up caring for a hostile black girl, their ill feelings changing by the end.
Once again it is time to offer up VP’s Top Ten Films list. Perhaps “past” should preface “time,” as most critics have long since published their lists. However, as one dwelling in the hinterlands, that vast space between NYC and LA depicted in the famous NEW YORKER Magazine’s cartoon cover, I wanted to wait until …