All Saints (2017)
At last! Here is a religious film that truly entertains and inspires! Click the image to read my entire review.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 (2011)
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V –4; L –1; S/N –1 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; Isaiah 53:12ab Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my …
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October 2017 Journal
The October 2017 issue of Visual Parables features review on Marshall, All Saints, Sabina K, Moka, Menashe, Mother, It, Home Again, I’ll Push You, and more.
Concussion (2015)
Nigerian-American Dr. Bennet Omalu discovers that concussions suffered during a football player’s career can lead to mental & health problems has to fight the NFL to get the truth out.
The Book of Life (2014)
In this Mexican tale a bullfighter’s son who prefers to be a musician travels to the world of the dead to win his lover & join his friend in fighting off powerful enemies.
The Grey Zone (2001)
Based on a Jewish survivor’s memoir of a Nazi death camp memoir, this is the unrelieved dark story of compromises men will make to cling to a few more months of life.
Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton
Book Review Pub. 2020 by University of Illinois Press, 286+ pages. B&W illus. Lydia R. Hamessley’s Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton is just what its title indicates, a thorough study of many of the singer’s 3000 songs. Those wanting a full biography of their idol can look elsewhere—and yet because of the personal …
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A Time for Burning (1967)
A documentary depicting a Lutheran White pastor’s attempt in Omaha in 1965 to involve his people in a dialogue with a Black congregation, a project that fails, as skeptical black barber had predicted.
Lenten Reflections for Film Lovers: Part 3
We continue our Lenten journey in film and Scripture. The last two meditations will be added later today. There are embedded links in most of the titles that will take you to a full review of the film. March 17, 2nd Sunday in Lent. Selma But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like …
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Come Sunday (2018)
Based on a true story, I’m urging you to see this film about a pastor who preaches inclusion. Click the image to read my entire review.