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Rated R Our content rating: V-6; L-2; S/N-4. Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am a warrior. Joel 3:9-10 Troy Because …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-4 ; L-1 ; S/N-1 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matt. 6:21 National Treasure Nicolas Cage trades his “serious actor” hat (see Leaving Los Vegas or Adaptation) for that of action hero in this thrilling potboiler. Benjamin Franklin Gates (Cage) grew up influenced more by …
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 …
Rated R Our content rating V-2; L-4; S/N-7 O that you would kill the wicked, O God, and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me— those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil! Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-2 ; L-3 ; S/N-4 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-2 ; L-3 ; S/N-4 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. Then I considered all that my hands had done and the …
Rated PG-13 Our content rating: V-1; L-4; S/N-1. And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. Hebrews 6:15 (NIV) And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath Mark 2:27 The Terminal Despite some improbabilities, director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks are such masters at …
Not Rated Our content rating: V-5; L-1; S/N-3. Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed, perhaps you may inspire terror. Isaiah 47:12 Salem s Lot (On Cable) It has been 25 years since the first version of Stephen …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-4 ; L- 1; S/N-3 Phantom of the Opera Director Joel Schumacher and writer-composer-producer Andrew Lloyd Webber may or not have done us a favor in bringing the stage hit to the screen. It all depends on whom you read, with many critics, and this especially seems to be the case …
The arrest, trial, flogging and crucifixion is shown in painfully bloody detail. Brief flashbacks to Christ’s earlier life set the context.