A leading resource for faith-and-film reviews and study guides
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -6; L -1; S/N -1. Running time: 1 hour 32 min. If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed. Psalm 21.11 Lots of chases and fights in an exotic city in this sequel. 2012 20th Century Fox Liam Neeson seems to be following Nicholas …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V- 7; L- 5; S/N-1. Running time: 1 hour 33 min. The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes behold, his gaze examines humankind. The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence. On the wicked he …
Many angry citizens, who are upset over seemingly intractable political disputes, have talked about civil war breaking out in our nation, would do well to watch writer/director Alex Garland’s Civil War. It is a cautionary film, told through the eyes of four journalists, and it is not an uplifting story. One of its lessons is …
Liam Neeson’s latest foray into violence-laden action films is a little more nuanced than his usual fare. This time he is Finbar Murphy, a widower living in a cottage in the small coastal town of Glencolmcille, Donegal during the Troubles of the mid-70s. He is a good neighbor to the older Rita (Niamh Cusack) across the …
Director Louise Archambault brings us our second film this month dealing with a rescuer during the Holocaust. The script is by Dan Gordon, based on his Broadway play focusing on the young Polish nurse Irena Gut Opdyke. Like One Life, it is a heartening example of what one well-lived life can accomplish. Irena (Sophie Nélisse) …
With little fanfare this inspiring film opened in our theaters midway into Women’s History Month, but it is even more timely—and significant– for another reason. It is probably the best defense of immigrants that you will see in this or any year. Although the name Mother Cabrini is well known because she became the first …
Simon Cellan Jones bases his new film on the book Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home. The film is a combination of the typical dog story, in which a mutt captures your heart, with a sports film aimed to pump up the rate of your heartbeat. The sport is Adventure Racing …
The family of Rudolh Höss, Commandant of Auschwitz, ignore the horrific sounds of torture & death transpiring on the other side of the wall, nor are we ever shown the horrors of the other side.
In this 8-part series the parallel lives of Malcolm X & MLK, Jr. unfold, from their boyhood to their maturity as each fights racism in their own way.
Ex-con Percy with a tragic past finds a job at a smalltown restaurant where she has life-changing influences upon the owner & its cook.