Darkest Hour (2017)
During May of 1940 new PM Winston Churchill holds out against powerful foes who want to sue for peace with Hitler rather than stand & fight, mostly alone.
January 2018 Journal
The January 2018 issue of Visual Parables features reviews of STAR WARS: The Last Jedi, Darkest Hour, The Shape of Water, The Greatest Showman, and more.
Golda (2023)
Golda Meir is depicted as a strong & compassionate Israeli Prime Minister during the dark days of the Yom Kippur War when Israel was almost defeated by a Soviet-backed Arab coalition.
My Name is Sara (2019)
The true story of a Jewish teenager who finds shelter with an anti-Semitic Ukrainian family during the Nazi holocaust by keeping her identity secret.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
As Rey tries to get Luke Skywalker to rejoin the Resistance, Leia is injured during a New Order attack, & other heroes try to save their threatened fleet.
CRY FREEDOM (1987)
The friendship of black activist Steve Biko & journalist Donald Woods, set in S. Africa, is told up to Steve’s death & Woods & family fleeing the country.
Wonder Woman (2017)
Diana, daughter of the Amazon queen, trains hard to be a warrior, so when Steve, an American WW 1 pilot enters her life she is ready to go & save the world.
Paterson (2016)
Paterson is the name of the NJ city & its bus-driver poet, who transforms ordinary objects & conversations, into poems that he shares only with his wife.
Finding Dory (2016)
The short-term memory little Dory becomes lost from her parents when she is swept far away by an undertow. Years later with the help of friends she returns.
Paddington (2014)
I highly recommend this film adaptation of Michael Bond’s children’s books. Click the movie title to read my entire review.