Lone Survivor (2013)
A “true story” depicts Navy SEALs fighting for their lives against Taliban in Afghanistan. A fitting tribute to the men & to villagers who rescued one.
A “true story” depicts Navy SEALs fighting for their lives against Taliban in Afghanistan. A fitting tribute to the men & to villagers who rescued one.
The February 2014 issue of Visual Parables features reviews on Her, August: Osage County, Lone Survivor, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 47 Ronin, Delivery Man, Labor Day, and more.
American Ultra should add Violence to its title in this tale about a young WV stoner unaware that a past CIA experiment turned him into a super killer.
Click onto a title, and you will be taken to the longer review on this site (except for The Need for Speed). The March Visual Parables journal includes both the reviews and their accompanying sets of discussion questions. Son of God Rated PG-13. Revelation 22:12-13. This newest Life of Jesus film is from producers Mark …
The huge Battle of Stalingrad is seen through the experience of five Soviet solders & a girl they protect & a Nazi captain and his Russian lover.
Click onto the film title to go to a longer review. The Monuments Men Rated PG-13. Matthew 6:19-21. George Clooney directs and stars in this very different World War Two film. Although the film opens with Clooney’s character rounding up his crew for a special mission, just as Lee Marvin’s character did in The Dirty …
As Black History Month arrives, I am recommending a little-known South African movie that is available on Netflix. Click the movie’s title to read my entire review.
A pregnant woman fleeing with her husband barely escapes mass murder, only to find herself birthing alone in a cargo container washed overboard sea.
Charlie, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, returns to Soviet Armenia, is arrested & imprisoned, his lifeline is watching a family thru his cell window,
2 Norwegian friends are seperated from home when they join he merchant marine & WW 2 breaks out, leaving loved ones to the Nazi occupiers & the Allied bombers.