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Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-1; L-4 ; S/N-4 Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not …
Rated R. Our ratings: V-8 ; L-2 ; S-8/N-7 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me. 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 …
Rated PG Our content rating: V-3; L-1; S/N-1. Two Brothers Although this film stars Guy Pearce as hunter and tomb robber Aiden McRory, the real stars of Jean-Jaques Annaud’s environmentally concerned story are two tiger cubs. As with his wonderful 1989 The Bear (reviewed in the Dec. 1990 VP), the director use live animals, enhanced …
Rated PG-13 . Our ratings: V-1 ; L-1 ; S/N- 1. Running Time: 1 hour 31 min. “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and …
Rated PG. Our ratings: V-5; L-1; S-5/N-1 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their …
Not Rated. Our ratings: V-3 ; L-1 1; S/N-1 . Running time: 1 hour 30 min. ‘You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your …
Rated PG Running time: 93 min. This marvelous Hamlet-related film has been a big hit in its 3-D re-release,and now is available in a superb take-home package that features both the Blu-Ray and the DVD version. This is is a father-son story that the whole family can watch, though parents should be wary that there …
Not rated. V-4; L -0; S/N –2. Running time: 1 hour For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time …