Contributing reviewer Markus Watson says this movie, by the creators of Love Actually and Notting Hill is “funny” and “charming”! CLICK the movie title, here, to read the whole review.
Shadowlands (1993)
Late in life famed author/theologian C.S. Lewis marries American author Jay Davidson, only to lose her a few years later to cancer. Once writing about pain from an academic viewpoint, he now understands it from the point of view of the broken-hearted living in shadowlands.
In a World
In Lake Bell’s film Carol wants to become a voice over talent “in a world” in which men rule almost exclusively. Her father, a talented voice over talent is against her, and in her struggle she almost overlooks love. A delightful comedy with a serious, feminist theme.
Enough Said
A divorced man and woman enjoy one another’s company until the woman becomes friends with the man’s ex-wife. When she does not tell either, she begins to view her lover through the negative eyes of the ex-wife, with results that she should have foreseen.
Short Term 12
Grace, a compassionate caregiver at a facility for troubled youth bonds with a newcomer who has suffered from an abusive father, just as she had. As a wounded healer Grace also needs help so she can move on and open herself up to the man she loves.
Francis of Assisi
This is Hollywood’s glamorized view of Saint Francis of Assisi, the best part of which is the scene in which Francis visits the Sultan of Egypt to to the war between Christians and Muslims. The story begins with the playboy’s conversion to his receiving the stigmata just before his death.
Francesco (1989)
This bio of St. Francis of Assisi covers his life from his playboy days through his conversion, break with his family, founding of a new order ministering to the poor and his stigmata just before his death.
The Flowers of St. Francis
Adapted from two medieval sources, this is a whimsical collection of folk tales centering on St. Francis and some of his followers, including Sr. Clare, all of whom embraced poverty and the helping of the poor.
Brother Sun Sister Moon
This lush story of Francis of Assisi covers the first half of his life, from that of a wealthy playboy to that of the friend of the poor who embraced poverty and sought the approval for his order from the pope.
Terraferma
A Sicilian family, at odds over how to cope with the changing times, must decide whether to help a group of African illegal immigrants whom the grandfather has rescued at sea.