The Railway Man (2013)
During WW 2 the Japanese torture Eric Lomax for building a radio during construction of a railway. Troubled, he meets his torturer years later & reconciles.
The Railway Children (2021)
British children sent to a small town during the Nazi Blitz join with a local boy to help a Black G.I. persecuted by racist MPs,
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 …
Unbroken (2014)
Angelina Jolie’s film, based on “a true story,” is truly inspiring. Click the title of the film to read my entire review.
Film Capsules May 2014
Click onto a film title to read a fuller review at www.visualparables.org. The Railway Man (2013) Rated R. Romans 12:7-18. Told in flashbacks, this is a true WW 2 POW story of Allied soldiers forced by the Japanese to build the Burma to India railroad. When Eric Lomax makes and hides a radio to …
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
The horrors of WW 1 trench warfare are on full display in a story of a German youth whose ideals are destroyed by the brutal fighting, as well as the indifference of upper class officers who never suffer the consequences of their orders.
October 2022 Journal
- A Jazzman’s Blues
- Crushed Wings
- The Woman King
- Honk for Jesus
- The Good House
- And more!
The Half of It (2020)
Chinese American Ellie is an outsider at high school who writes love letters & texts for shy Paul who is in love with Astrid. Ellie also is attracted to Astrid. The tale ends in friendship & new purpose for each of the 3.
The Resistance Banker (2018)
The true story of how 2 Dutch brothers, both bankers, managed to fool the Nazis & finance the resistance during WW 2.
May 2014 Journal
Inside this Visual Parables Journal Issue: Feature on Mother’s Day Films; Reviews of Railway Man, Joe, Captain America: T. Winter Soldier, Rio 2, Draft Day, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Under the Skin, Transcendence, Lunchbox, Le Week-end, Only Lovers Left, and Brick Mansions.