Their Finest (2016)
An excellent film set in World War I Britain. Click the image to read my entire review.
An excellent film set in World War I Britain. Click the image to read my entire review.
The true story of how 4 U.S. Coast Guardsmen ventured into a super storm on “a suicide mission” & rescued over 30 men stranded on a tanker broken in half.
Rating Our ratings: V-6 , L-8 , S/N-6 . Running time: 2 hours, 13 min. Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, …
The June 2017 issue of Visual Parables features reviews of Disturbing the Peace, Wonder Woman, The Circle, Their Finest, The Dinner, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Truman, Norman, Going in Style, Generations, Life During Wartime, and Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine.
Songs add to the feelings & actions of the characters in Alice Walker’s musical version of the classic tale of sisterhood.
During May of 1940 new PM Winston Churchill holds out against powerful foes who want to sue for peace with Hitler rather than stand & fight, mostly alone.
While over 400 K British & Allied troops are pounded on Dunkirk’s beach by Nazis, a flotilla of boats, protected by British planes, rush to evacuate them.
Erotic feelings are aroused at a Southern girls’ academy, when, late during the Civil War, they take in & care for a badly wounded Union soldier.
Unable to hold a job, bi-polar Cameron is left to care for 2 daughters in Boston while wife Maggie studies for an MBA in NYC, chaos resulting for everyone.
Director Thomas Napper’s debut feature film could serve as a feminist tract celebrating the heritage of a strong woman in early 19th century France. One need not be a connoisseur of the bubbly drink—as an occasional drinker of wine and champagne I was barely aware of Cliquot—to appreciate this woman, of which we read the …