ALL IN: the Fight for Democracy (2020)
The story of voting & voter suppression is told, with Stacey Abram’s loss in the rigged 2018 election in Georgia as the primary example–and warning for the 2020 national election.
The Art of Self Defense (2019)
After his beating by a gang, the timid Casey signs up at a Karate school where the brutal master turns him into a macho man.
Red Joan (2019)
Judi Dench is such a capable and beloved actress that it is understandable if viewers root for her octogenarian character Joan Stanley (played by Sophie Cookson in the flashbacks to Joan’s younger days) when she photographs documents from her atomic research lab and passes them on to the Soviets in the 40s and 50s. When …
The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Catch this fascinating German film while it’s still in theaters. (5 stars!) Click the image to read my entire review.
Focus (2015)
Professional conman Nicky takes Jesse under his wing, leaves her when they are successful in New Orleans, & years later meets her in Argentina, where he again is torn between love & money.
Film Capsules January 2015
Readers who send out newsletters or produce church bulletins are welcome to reprint any or all of these mini-reviews, the one stipulation being that at the end they include © 2914 Edward McNulty, Visual Parables. Click onto a title to read a much longer review. Selma Rated PG-13. Amos 5:21-24. None of the other fine …
Robocop (2014)
In 2128 what remains of a Detroit cop blown up by a car bomb is joined to a cyborg or robot to make the perfect cop. But will his humanity be lost?
Angels and Demons (2009)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 5; L- 1; S/N -0. Running time: 2 hours 18 min. Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him? Will you show partiality towards him, will you plead the case for God? Job 13:7-8 Ah, you who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for …
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Rated R Our Rating: V-0; L- 3; S/N-0 . Length: 2 hours 2 min. Then the led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to …
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Rated R. Our ratings: V-6; L- 5; S/N-1. Running time: 2 hours It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked. When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of …