The Great Santini (1979)
In 1961 a hotshot Marine pilot, frustrated by peace time, treats his children like soldiers, has issues with his teenaged son, but luckily has a loyal wife who holds the family together by love and understanding.
Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 5
Our new week of Lenten reflections on faith and film focus on stories about mothers. Click on the title of this week’s collection to read all seven reflections.
Little Women (2018)
This adaptation of the classic novel is set in the 21st century, the focus mainly on Jo’s struggle to become a writer & her slow realization of that her mentor loves her.
Max (2015)
When a boy’s Marine dog handler brother is killed in Kandahar, the teenager becomes the dog’s new owner and must deal with its trauma as well as a gun running gang.
JESUS OF MONTREAL (1989)
When Daniel,an actor in Montreal, is hired by a priest to revise a tired old Passion Play, he uses modern scholarship to come up with a version that upsets and exposes the hypocrisy of the priest.
After Earth (2013)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V -3; L -4; S/N -4. Running time: 1 hour 40 min. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. Psalm 23: 4 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out …
Incendies (2010)
Rated R. Our Ratings: V-4 ;L -1 ; S/N –1. Running time: 2 hours 10 min. The wicked go astray from the womb; they err from their birth, speaking lies. They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear, so that it does not hear the voice …
Kicking and Screaming (2005)
Rated PG Our content rating V-2; L-1; S/N-1. Running time: 1 hr, 35 min. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’ —this is the first commandment with a promise: so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ And, …
I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
Carol, a widow fondly remembering her husband, lives alone in S. Ca. where a young man befriends her, but real romance enters her life when she meets Bill, a man her own age with similar values.