Click onto a film title to see the long review. Most of the reviews with discussion questions are in the September issue of Visual Parables, available for sale at visualparables.net. (Films marked with a star will be in the October VP.) Southside With You Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 24 min. Proverbs 31:8-9. Matthew …
Film Capsules August 2016
To see a longer review, click onto the titles that are highlighted. Hell or High Water Rated R. Running time: 1 hour 42 min. Proverbs 6:30-31; Romans 6:23. This crime thriller is outstanding due to the excellent cast and its story grounded in the on-going financial crisis in which banks are foreclosing on property owners …
Film Capsules July 2016
T o read a longer review, click onto the film title. The Free State of Jones Rated R. Running time: 2 hours 19 min. Psalm 10:12; Galatians 6:7. Based on a little known episode of the Civil War, this is the story of a Mississippi white farmer who deserted the Confederate Army because he was …
Film Capsules April 2016
Eye in the Sky Rated R. Running time: 1 hour 42 min. Matthew 10:28-30. This is a fascinating exploration of the ethics of our nation’s engagement in drone warfare to fight terrorists. Helen Mirren plays a British-USA-Kenyan team that has been tracking down a Brit married to a Somali terrorist for six years. Thanks to …
Film Capsules February 2016
To see a longer review with the full Scripture text, click onto the film title.. Churches are welcome to reprint any or all of the reviews in their newsletters or in what would otherwise be a blank space in a Sunday bulletin. At Theaters The Finest Hours Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hour 57 min. …
Film Capsules January 2016
To read the full reviews click onto a film title. Feel free to use any or all in a newsletter, the only requirement being that the source be acknowledged as (c) Ed McNulty, Visual Parables. Concussion PG-13. Running time: 2 hours 4 min. Proverbs 4:9-13. Proverbs 31:8-9; Isaiah 29:15 Nigerian-American Dr. Bennet Omalo discovers through …
Film Capsules December 2015
Click on a title to see the longer review on Visual Parables’ website—I especially encourage you to do this for Spotlight. I have also seen the new Star Wars film, plus the excellent films Brooklyn, Concussion, and In the Heart of the Sea, but have not had time to finish reviewing them. They will be …
Film Capsules November 2015
Click onto a film title to see the full review. Labyrinth of Lies Rated R. Running time: 2 hours 4 min. Jeremiah 2:22; Ezekiel 22:4; Proverbs 31:8-9; This German film is a legal thriller based on the true story of the first trials of ordinary Nazis who had escaped prosecution after World War 2. Once …
Film Capsules September 2015
At Theaters Most of the titles include a hyperlink that will take you to the full review at visualparables.org. He Named Me Malala Rated PG-13. Running time: 1 hours 27 min. Genesis 50:20a; Matthew 5:9-10. This wonderful documentary about Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is a must see for those concerned about social justice …
Film Capsules August 2015
Click onto the title to see the full review. The Stanford Prison Experiment Rated R. Matthew 7:12; Romans 7:14-15 This fact-based cautionary tale of a psychological experiment gone awry turns out to be as thrilling and as horrifying as most supernatural horror films. In the summer of 1971 the Navy commissioned the head of Stamford …