The true story of how 4 U.S. Coast Guardsmen ventured into a super storm on “a suicide mission” & rescued over 30 men stranded on a tanker broken in half.
Anomalisa (2015)
A motivational speaker is so alienated that all others seems to be one person until at a hotel he meets a woman who restores his spirit, but will it last?
Theeb (2014)
This coming of age story is set in a province of the Ottoman Empire during WW 1 when a desert trek will change life forever for young Bedouin Theeb.
Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
The true story of a white liberal pastor & a black teacher in Oxford N.C. is told in this story of a fight for justice after a jury acquits 3 whites who murdered a black veteran.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2015)
This controversial film claims to tell “the true story” of what happened the night of Sept. 11 2012 when in Libya terrorists attacked US compounds, killing the US Ambassador.
Sin Nombre (2009)
I wish every American would see this film about Honduran refugees. Click the image to read my entire review.
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 …
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
The story of an African Christian boy soldier forced to kill & steal by a war lord puts a human face on news stories of civil war carnage plaguing Africans.
Creed (2015)
This 7th of the Rocky series shows Rocky passing the mantle on to a new generation as he also finds support in a different battle, this time against death.
The Liberator (2013)
Simon Bolivar’s story, called The Liberator because he led the revolution against Spain in South America, is told from days as an uninvolved planter & slave owner to those of a leader believing in equality & freedom.