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The March/April 2012 issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Extremely Close & Incredibly Loud, The Artist, Big Miracle, Alfred Nobbs, Red Tails, The Lorax, Chronicle, Dangerous Method, The Vow, The Iron Lady, The Secret World of Arriety, Star Wars: Phantom Menace, Hunger Games, and more.
Rated R. Our Ratings: V-4 ;L -1 ; S/N –1. Running time: 2 hours 10 min. The wicked go astray from the womb; they err from their birth, speaking lies. They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, so that it does not hear the voice …
Rated G. Our ratings: V- 1; L-0 ; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 40 min. O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more …
Documentary. Rated R. Length: 1 hour 41 min. But my people have forgotten me, they burn incense to false gods; they have stumbled in their ways, in the ancient roads, and have gone into bypaths, not the highway. J eremiah 18:15 RSV Filming at an Orlando Bible theme park. 2008 Lionsgate Films Comedian/Commentator Bill Maher …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-0 ; L-3; S/N-5 . Running time: 1 hour 52 min. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground unperceived by your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. 31So do not be afraid; you are of …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-5 ; L-4 ; S/N-5. Running time: 1 hour 29 min. Don’t take advantage of the poor just because you can; don’t take advantage of those who stand helpless in court. Proverbs 22:22-23 (Good News Bible) God presides in the heavenly council; in the assembly of the gods he gives his …
Ralph Fiennes is perfect for the role of Justin Quayle, a mild-mannered British diplomat who is so different from his young wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz shines in her best role yet!) that we wonder how they ever came to marry each other. She is the kind of person almost guaranteed to disrupt an ever-so-polite embassy …
Rated PG Our Content Rating: V-2 ; L-1 ; S/N-2 Running time: 97 minutes The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:10 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-2 ; L-3 ; S-4/N-2 Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.’ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist …