Catholic visionary Maria Valtorta quoted Jesus as saying, "I am wherever there is life or a manifestation of life. Wherever a wise man meditates, a sculptor sculpts, a poet writes, ... I am there together with Him from Whom I come. ... I am there with the Most High Creator" (333).
John W. Whitehead, on "GOD AND FILM" writes, "In this chaotic age, people are increasingly seeking something outside themselves to give order and meaning to their lives. While painting once tackled these questions, modern film now addresses this search, which inevitably includes the subject of God. Of all the artistic forms throughout the ages, film may be the most suitable forum for the discussion of religion and God" (267).
If Jesus is in all works of art, and especially in film, then movies should yield that influence through comparison with the Bible. Such I have tried to do in these my reviews, updated weekly, by including an Ideology section in each of them. I don't have a particular point to make other than finding a biblical comparison most apropos to the material.
I follow standard content ratings for a Christian in line with (I Cor. 10:27-28) "If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." The feast in this case is a movie and the invite is per age group and/or caution. If you're disposed to see it and are old enough or receiving guidance, be my guest and just ignore the objectionable parts. Don't get all worked up over what's best ignored.
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| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
| The Accountant 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An ex crime family accountant joins his sociopathic brother to thwart a human trafficking ring. |
| The Amateur | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | CIA cyber nerd goes operational when his wife is killed. Minimally trained, maximally motivated. |
| Battleship | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Untested naval officer confronts space alien raid in the Pacific. |
| Exit Wounds | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆ | Loose cannon gets patrol duty in a sorry city. He takes a bite out of crime. |
| Fight or Flight | 2024 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Rehabilitated Secret Service agent is tasked to protect a ghostly hacker on an infiltrated plane. |
| Flight Risk | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hurried witness transfer in unfriendly skies requires a new pilot to replace the mob's ringer. |
| Homestead | 2024 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An eclectic mix tries to stave off the apocalypse in a fortified compound. Somebody better pray. |
| Hot Shots! | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | American air superiority still needs its best pilot(s) to neutralize a nuclear threat. |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux |
1993 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A Rambo rescue mission is spliced with a hodgepodge of clips from other movies. Don't see this one on drugs. |
| Jurassic World: Rebirth | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A tropical island expedition to secure dino samples for medical research. |
| Ladder 49 | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Follows a fireman's career w/family interests and Catholic crew-mates. |
| M3GAN 2.0 | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | An enhanced, leashed robo-doll confronts a military grade, weaponized android. |
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | IMF must tame an AI entity before it unleashes Armageddon. Are they up to this one last hurrah? |
| The Naked Gun | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A next generation sequel to a cockeyed action police drama. |
| Nobody 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A harried homebody has his family take a much needed vacation only to have work pressures follow along. |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆★ | A daughter of the revolution is caught between conflicting parents & the turning pages of history. |
| The Other Guys | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Low rank men in blue vie for top dog crime buster status. Inner resources emerge. |
| Parker | 2013 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A betrayed robber sets out to even the score. His betrayers are connected. |
| Pearl Harbor | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Heroism occurs, love blossoms, and ships sink at Pearl Harbor under Japanese aggression. |
| Predator: Badlands | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A predator cum hunter on the outs with his clan bites off more than he can chew to redeem himself. |
| The Rundown | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Chicago hoodlum puts the lean on wayward son exploring the Amazon. Indiana Jones move over. |
| Sisu: Road to Revenge | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A homesick Finnish commando tries to repatriate his family homestead after WWII hostilities have ended. |
| Superman | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Superman suffers an identity crisis when he learns his Krypton parents were hawkish. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Mutant ninja turtles emerge from New York City sewers to fight crime. |
| A Working Man | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A working man reaches for his erstwhile soldiering skills to rescue his boss' trafficked daughter. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | An eccentric chocolatier awards a tour of his factory to five lucky children with a bonus for one. |
| Chronicle | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Three high school seniors stumble upon a buried crystal that confers telekinetic powers to them. |
| Cougar | 1984 | TV-Y | ☆☆☆ | Two swept away kids land on a river island with predator and pirates in pursuit. |
| Jurassic World: Rebirth | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A tropical island expedition to secure dino samples for medical research. |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An off world experimental cloning project exceeds parameters. Some one is expendable. |
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | IMF must tame an AI entity before it unleashes Armageddon. Are they up to this one last hurrah? |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | 2011 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Real estate magnate inherits live penguins from his explorer dad. They help reunite his family. |
| Nothing but Trouble | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Picnicking financiers in a BMW stumble into small town justice on Cupid's firing range. |
| Predator: Badlands | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A predator cum hunter on the outs with his clan bites off more than he can chew to redeem himself. |
| The Princess Bride | 1987 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A fairy tale about a poor peasant maiden, treacherous royal schemes, piracy and true love |
| Red Planet | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | B-squad astronauts sent to Mars to troubleshoot failed terrafarming experiment. Nothing goes right. |
| The Rundown | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Chicago hoodlum puts the lean on wayward son exploring the Amazon. Indiana Jones move over. |
| Stand By Me | 1986 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Four Oregon boys wet behind the ears, keep their powder dry and embark on a memorable quest. |
| Superman | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Superman suffers an identity crisis when he learns his Krypton parents were hawkish. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Mutant ninja turtles emerge from New York City sewers to fight crime. |
| Transamerica | 2005 | R | ☆☆☆ | A transitioning biddy must confront his past before her operation. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Can Only Imagine | 2018 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | A budding musician succeeds through pain & perseverance. |
| The Last Supper | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Jesus prepares Peter to spread the good news. Windows on an old story. |
| Walk the Line | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Life and times of legendary Johnny Cash, his songs, his sufferings. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dresses | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A perennial bridesmaid gets sucked into the vortices of two converging love triangles. |
| Alfie | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Slimy Limey Don Juan demystifies free love but fails to discover what it's all about. |
| All About Steve | 2009 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bluestocking recluse blooms on a road trip while making new friends. |
| Aquamarine | 2006 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Summer near romance takes a back seat to a mermaid bailing on her scheduled nuptials. |
| As Good As It Gets | 1997 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A driven romance novelist emerges from his shell. |
| As Time Goes By | 2002 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Soldier & nurse meet, fall in love, get separated, then meet again by chance & rekindle the flame. |
| The Back-up Plan | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | When her baby clock starts ticking, she connects to a time bomb. Something's bound to happen. |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | An eccentric chocolatier awards a tour of his factory to five lucky children with a bonus for one. |
| Chasing Liberty | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The sequestered First Daughter at 18 slips her minders in Prague to go check out the Love Parade in Berlin. |
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | 2004 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Teenage starlet wannabe pushes her limits in her new New Jersey school. |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1947 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Another second generation immigrant makes good in America. |
| Fight or Flight | 2024 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Rehabilitated Secret Service agent is tasked to protect a ghostly hacker on an infiltrated plane. |
| Hot Shots! | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | American air superiority still needs its best pilot(s) to neutralize a nuclear threat. |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux |
1993 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A Rambo rescue mission is spliced with a hodgepodge of clips from other movies. Don't see this one on drugs. |
| Intolerable Cruelity | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Divorce attorney and gold-digger partner up in Las Vegas for mixed motives. |
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | 2008 | G | ☆☆☆☆ | A Great Depression, Nancy Drew solves a crime and ends up in print. A happy Thanksgiving results. |
| Leap Year | 2010 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Longsuffering lass beats a path to Dublin to propose to her foot-dragging fellow. Cupid gets in the way. |
| Love Actually | 2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A montage of Christmas vignettes playing on the theme of love. |
| Made of Honor | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Slow courting playboy tries to win his female bff after she gets engaged to a winning Scotsman. |
| Mamma Mia! | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A wedding on a Greek isle brings the bride's father & two surplus from a time the mom was having fun. |
| Meet the Parents | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Uneasy meeting of parents with latest boyfriend. Love is sometimes the pits. |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An off world experimental cloning project exceeds parameters. Some one is expendable. |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | 2011 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Real estate magnate inherits live penguins from his explorer dad. They help reunite his family. |
| Mrs. Miracle | 2008 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | A Christmas angel brings love, discipline and reconciliation to floundering flubbers. |
| Mrs. Winterbourne | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Misidentification stemming from a train wreck puts Cinderella & baby on Easy Queasy Street. |
| The Naked Gun | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A next generation sequel to a cockeyed action police drama. |
| Nobody 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A harried homebody has his family take a much needed vacation only to have work pressures follow along. |
| Nothing but Trouble | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Picnicking financiers in a BMW stumble into small town justice on Cupid's firing range. |
| The Other Guys | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Low rank men in blue vie for top dog crime buster status. Inner resources emerge. |
| The Pick-Up Artist | 1987 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Inveterate womanizer meets his match, changes his tune & gets happy. |
| The Princess Bride | 1987 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A fairy tale about a poor peasant maiden, treacherous royal schemes, piracy and true love |
| Ramona and Beezus | 2010 | G | ☆☆☆☆ | Downsized dad, back-to-work mom, spread out children, favorite aunt & an aging cat ratchet through changes. |
| The Resurrection of Gavin Stone | 2007 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A prodigal son returns for a second chance helped by a pastor's daughter w/her own past. |
| Riff Raff | 2024 | R | ☆☆☆★ | Two sides of a family cut from different cloths sew up the new year. |
| The Rundown | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Chicago hoodlum puts the lean on wayward son exploring the Amazon. Indiana Jones move over. |
| Saved! | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Final year at a Christian high school tests the faith of students, parents and principal. |
| Something's Gotta Give | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Generationally misaligned matchings could give a Russian novel a run for its money. |
| Sleepless In Seattle | 1993 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fated connection unfolds before our eyes. Hollywood magic. |
| Stand By Me | 1986 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Four Oregon boys wet behind the ears, keep their powder dry and embark on a memorable quest. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Mutant ninja turtles emerge from New York City sewers to fight crime. |
| Transamerica | 2005 | R | ☆☆☆ | A transitioning biddy must confront his past before her operation. |
| The Wedding Singer | 1997 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A putz in a small town waits for his ship to come in. His friends embark on matrimonial bliss. |
| When Harry Met Sally | 1989 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An unlikely friendship develops into a more unlikely romance, or does it? |
| While You Were Sleeping | 1995 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A comatose son of a bitch and his putative fiancée ruffle feathers for Christmas. |
| Yours, Mine & Ours | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆ | High School sweethearts postpone marriage until as widow(ers) w/children they reconnect at a reunion. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Accountant 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An ex crime family accountant joins his sociopathic brother to thwart a human trafficking ring. |
| Cougar | 1984 | TV-Y | ☆☆☆ | Two swept away kids land on a river island with predator and pirates in pursuit. |
| Exit Wounds | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆ | Loose cannon gets patrol duty in a sorry city. He takes a bite out of crime. |
| Flight Risk | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hurried witness transfer in unfriendly skies requires a new pilot to replace the mob's ringer. |
| Honey Don't! | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Shady business & kinky sex are booming in Bakersfield, keeping a dickless Tracy pursuing hot leads. |
| The Hunters | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆ | A forsaken fort crawling with criminals exceeds its share of mischief this Christmas. |
| Mickey | 2004 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Baseball and business cheating run afoul of the IRS, politics, and the league. |
| The Naked Gun | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A next generation sequel to a cockeyed action police drama. |
| Nobody 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A harried homebody has his family take a much needed vacation only to have work pressures follow along. |
| Now You See Me | 2013 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Small time illusionists band together for a big con hosted by person(s) unknown. |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆★ | A daughter of the revolution is caught between conflicting parents & the turning pages of history. |
| The Other Guys | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Low rank men in blue vie for top dog crime buster status. Inner resources emerge. |
| Parker | 2013 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A betrayed robber sets out to even the score. His betrayers are connected. |
| Perfect Stranger | 2007 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A tabloid hack busts a philandering BSD for the torturous murder of her harpy friend. |
| Riff Raff | 2024 | R | ☆☆☆★ | Two sides of a family cut from different cloths sew up the new year. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Mutant ninja turtles emerge from New York City sewers to fight crime. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The House Without a Christmas Tree | 1972 | NR | ☆☆☆☆ | A family crisis over lack of a Xmas tree finds its ready resolution in compromise. They all grow up some. |
| Iwo Jima: 36 Days of Hell | 2010 | NR | ☆☆☆ | Hellish fighting on the way to allied victory in WW II. |
| The Last Supper | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Jesus prepares Peter to spread the good news. Windows on an old story. |
| The Thanksgiving Treasure | 1973 | NR | ☆☆☆ | A memorable Thanksgiving on the old family farm. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Accountant 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An ex crime family accountant joins his sociopathic brother to thwart a human trafficking ring. |
| Alfie | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Slimy Limey Don Juan demystifies free love but fails to discover what it's all about. |
| All the Pretty Horses | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | In 1949 a Texan goes to Mexico to fulfill his cowboy dreams but discovers there's no place like home. |
| As Good As It Gets | 1997 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A driven romance novelist emerges from his shell. |
| Baby For Sale | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | A well-off but infertile couple balks at buying a baby, seeks to jail the seller. |
| Beastly | 2011 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Bewitched blockhead must find true love to restore his good looks. There's a time limit. |
| Billy Elliot | 2000 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A widower, striking miner opposes his adolescent son's aspirations for ballet. |
| Black Bag | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Spy catcher's list of suspects includes his wife. Implicit trust is put to the test. |
| Blue Crush | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Surfer girl prepares for big contest amidst fears, uncertainties and responsibilities. |
| Chronicle | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Three high school seniors stumble upon a buried crystal that confers telekinetic powers to them. |
| The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆ | Passionate competitive ice skater falls for her devil may care partner. His other girlfriend gets the silver. |
| Dirty Dancing | 1987 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A family vacation meets rock 'n' roll, a doctor manages a tragedy, & little sister outdoes the big. |
| I Can Only Imagine | 2018 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | A budding musician succeeds through pain & perseverance. |
| Drop | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A dating app is the pits for a successful single mom & an enigmatic photographer. |
| Far From Heaven | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A seemingly perfect couple is undermined by their hidden flaws in a less than perfect society. |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1947 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Another second generation immigrant makes good in America. |
| The Father | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Addled papa confronts his need for institutional care. He works it out at his own pace. |
| Flight Risk | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hurried witness transfer in unfriendly skies requires a new pilot to replace the mob's ringer. |
| Footloose | 2011 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A small town's tragedy puts the kibosh on teenage dancing until a Boston boy shows up. |
| Hell of a Summer | 2023 | R | ☆☆☆ | Counselors weekend at summer camp is the pits. Few survive. |
| Hidden Blessings | 2000 | NR | ☆☆☆ | Domestic violence and the usual suspect(s). Hit and miss police work. Some second guessing. |
| Homestead | 2024 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An eclectic mix tries to stave off the apocalypse in a fortified compound. Somebody better pray. |
| The House Without a Christmas Tree | 1972 | NR | ☆☆☆☆ | A family crisis over lack of a Xmas tree finds its ready resolution in compromise. They all grow up some. |
| The Indian | 2007 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Absent father is forced to reconnect after much water has passed under the bridge. Rocky reunion. |
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | 2008 | G | ☆☆☆☆ | A Great Depression, Nancy Drew solves a crime and ends up in print. A happy Thanksgiving results. |
| Ladder 49 | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Follows a fireman's career w/family interests and Catholic crew-mates. |
| The Last Rodeo | 2025 | PG | ☆☆☆ | A family emergency forces a has-been jock into one last shot. |
| Love Actually | 2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A montage of Christmas vignettes playing on the theme of love. |
| The Man in the Moon | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two close sisters love the same man. This will not end well. |
| Mickey | 2004 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Baseball and business cheating run afoul of the IRS, politics, and the league. |
| The Moth Diaries | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An all-girls boarding school is the hunting ground for a dyke vampire who'd like an eternal companion. |
| Mrs. Winterbourne | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Misidentification stemming from a train wreck puts Cinderella & baby on Easy Queasy Street. |
| My Sister's Keeper | 2009 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Medical gray area meets legal gray area, a doctor plays God, a sick girl plays Cinderella, a mother plays lawyer, and a dog plays judge. |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆★ | A daughter of the revolution is caught between conflicting parents & the turning pages of history. |
| The Pick-Up Artist | 1987 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Inveterate womanizer meets his match, changes his tune & gets happy. |
| Pure Country 2: The Gift | 2010 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A country singer blessed with talent loses it for not abiding by heaven's rules. |
| Ramona and Beezus | 2010 | G | ☆☆☆☆ | Downsized dad, back-to-work mom, spread out children, favorite aunt & an aging cat ratchet through changes. |
| The Resurrection of Gavin Stone | 2007 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A prodigal son returns for a second chance helped by a pastor's daughter w/her own past. |
| Saved! | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Final year at a Christian high school tests the faith of students, parents and principal. |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | Four fast female friends ameliorate their summer separation by circulating a single pair of pants among them. |
| Sleepless In Seattle | 1993 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fated connection unfolds before our eyes. Hollywood magic. |
| Something's Gotta Give | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Generationally misaligned matchings could give a Russian novel a run for its money. |
| Stand By Me | 1986 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Four Oregon boys wet behind the ears, keep their powder dry and embark on a memorable quest. |
| Take the Lead | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Inner city high school kids improve their lot by learning ballroom dancing. |
| The Thanksgiving Treasure | 1973 | NR | ☆☆☆ | A memorable Thanksgiving on the old family farm. |
| When Harry Met Sally | 1989 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An unlikely friendship develops into a more unlikely romance, or does it? |
| While You Were Sleeping | 1995 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A comatose son of a bitch and his putative fiancée ruffle feathers for Christmas. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquamarine | 2006 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Summer near romance takes a back seat to a mermaid bailing on her scheduled nuptials. |
| Beastly | 2011 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Bewitched blockhead must find true love to restore his good looks. There's a time limit. |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | An eccentric chocolatier awards a tour of his factory to five lucky children with a bonus for one. |
| Chronicle | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Three high school seniors stumble upon a buried crystal that confers telekinetic powers to them. |
| The Moth Diaries | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An all-girls boarding school is the hunting ground for a dyke vampire who'd like an eternal companion. |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | 2011 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Real estate magnate inherits live penguins from his explorer dad. They help reunite his family. |
| Mrs. Miracle | 2008 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | A Christmas angel brings love, discipline and reconciliation to floundering flubbers. |
| The Princess Bride | 1987 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A fairy tale about a poor peasant maiden, treacherous royal schemes, piracy and true love |
| Ramona and Beezus | 2010 | G | ☆☆☆☆ | Downsized dad, back-to-work mom, spread out children, favorite aunt & an aging cat ratchet through changes. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Mutant ninja turtles emerge from New York City sewers to fight crime. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Blessings | 2000 | NR | ☆☆☆ | Domestic violence and the usual suspect(s). Hit and miss police work. Some second guessing. |
| Honey Don't! | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Shady business & kinky sex are booming in Bakersfield, keeping a dickless Tracy pursuing hot leads. |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An off world experimental cloning project exceeds parameters. Some one is expendable. |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night. |
2025 | TV-MA | ☆☆☆★ | Santa's dark side emerges in the Advent season. Don't get on his naughty list. |
| A Working Man | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A working man reaches for his erstwhile soldiering skills to rescue his boss' trafficked daughter. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwo Jima: 36 Days of Hell | 2010 | NR | ☆☆ | Hellish fighting on the way to allied victory in WW II. |
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | 2008 | G | ☆☆☆☆ | A Great Depression, Nancy Drew solves a crime and ends up in print. A happy Thanksgiving results. |
| The Last Supper | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Jesus prepares Peter to spread the good news. Windows on an old story. |
| Materialists | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Matchmaking in the Big Apple harks back to prehistory. Some things never change. |
| Pearl Harbor | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Heroism occurs, love blossoms, and ships sink at Pearl Harbor under Japanese aggression. |
| The Thanksgiving Treasure | 1973 | NR | ☆☆☆ | A memorable Thanksgiving on the old family farm. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Telephone 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A Christian sister with second sight is troubled by dreams of souls not at rest. |
| The Eye | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A cornea transplant recipient manifests the second sight of the (unknown) donor who was thought a witch. |
| Final Destination: Bloodlines | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Order of temporized demise follows family tree to a tee. |
| Hell of a Summer | 2023 | R | ☆☆☆ | Counselors weekend at summer camp is the pits. Few survive. |
| The Hunters | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆ | A forsaken fort crawling with criminals exceeds its share of mischief this Christmas. |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | Partying teens cover up an incriminating accident only to have it come back on them. |
| The Long Walk | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A motivational group walk seeks to recharge a flagging economy in a dystopian future. |
| M3GAN 2.0 | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | An enhanced, leashed robo-doll confronts a military grade, weaponized android. |
| The Moth Diaries | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An all-girls boarding school is the hunting ground for a dyke vampire who'd like an eternal companion. |
| Nosferatu | 2024 | NR | ☆☆☆ | A greedy sap is lured to a vampire's lair, who has a pointed claim on his wife. |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night. |
2025 | TV-MA | ☆☆☆★ | Santa's dark side emerges in the Advent season. Don't get on his naughty list. |
| The Strangers: Chapter 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A lone survivor of a road trip to hell ain't out of the woods yet, not be a long shot. |
| Weapons | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆★ | A mysterious mass disappearance of school kids has parents on edge and police baffled. |
| Music / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
| Billy Elliot | 2000 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A widower, striking miner opposes his adolescent son's aspirations for ballet. |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | An eccentric chocolatier awards a tour of his factory to five lucky children with a bonus for one. |
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | 2004 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Teenage starlet wannabe pushes her limits in her new New Jersey school. |
| Dirty Dancing | 1987 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A family vacation meets rock 'n' roll, a doctor manages a tragedy, & little sister outdoes the big. |
| The Eye | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A cornea transplant recipient manifests the second sight of the (unknown) donor who was thought a witch. |
| Footloose | 2011 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A small town's tragedy puts the kibosh on teenage dancing until a Boston boy shows up. |
| I Can Only Imagine | 2018 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | A budding musician succeeds through pain & perseverance. |
| Intolerable Cruelity | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Divorce attorney and gold-digger partner up in Las Vegas for mixed motives. |
| Mamma Mia! | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A wedding on a Greek isle brings the bride's father & two surplus from a time the mom was having fun. |
| Nothing but Trouble | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Picnicking financiers in a BMW stumble into small town justice on Cupid's firing range. |
| Pure Country 2: The Gift | 2010 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A country singer blessed with talent loses it for not abiding by heaven's rules. |
| Take the Lead | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Inner city high school kids improve their lot by learning ballroom dancing. |
| Walk the Line | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Life and times of legendary Johnny Cash, his songs, his sufferings. |
| The Wedding Singer | 1997 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A putz in a small town waits for his ship to come in. His friends embark on matrimonial bliss. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Accountant 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An ex crime family accountant joins his sociopathic brother to thwart a human trafficking ring. |
| Drop | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A dating app is the pits for a successful single mom & an enigmatic photographer. |
| The Eye | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A cornea transplant recipient manifests the second sight of the (unknown) donor who was thought a witch. |
| The Father | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Addled papa confronts his need for institutional care. He works it out at his own pace. |
| Hell of a Summer | 2023 | R | ☆☆☆ | Counselors weekend at summer camp is the pits. Few survive. |
| Honey Don't! | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Shady business & kinky sex are booming in Bakersfield, keeping a dickless Tracy pursuing hot leads. |
| The Moth Diaries | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An all-girls boarding school is the hunting ground for a dyke vampire who'd like an eternal companion. |
| Now You See Me | 2013 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Small time illusionists band together for a big con hosted by person(s) unknown. |
| Perfect Stranger | 2007 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A tabloid hack busts a philandering BSD for the torturous murder of her harpy friend. |
| The Strangers: Chapter 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A lone survivor of a road trip to hell ain't out of the woods yet, not be a long shot. |
| Weapons | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆★ | A mysterious mass disappearance of school kids has parents on edge and police baffled. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dresses | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A perennial bridesmaid gets sucked into the vortices of two converging love triangles. |
| Alfie | 2004 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Slimy Limey Don Juan demystifies free love but fails to discover what it's all about. |
| All About Steve | 2009 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Bluestocking recluse blooms on a road trip while making new friends. |
| All the Pretty Horses | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | In 1949 a Texan goes to Mexico to fulfill his cowboy dreams but discovers there's no place like home. |
| Aquamarine | 2006 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Summer near romance takes a back seat to a mermaid bailing on her scheduled nuptials. |
| As Good As It Gets | 1997 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A driven romance novelist emerges from his shell. |
| As Time Goes By | 2002 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Soldier & nurse meet, fall in love, get separated, then meet again by chance & rekindle the flame. |
| The Back-up Plan | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | When her baby clock starts ticking, she connects to a time bomb. Something's bound to happen. |
| Battleship | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Untested naval officer confronts space alien raid in the Pacific. |
| Beastly | 2011 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Bewitched blockhead must find true love to restore his good looks. There's a time limit. |
| Blue Crush | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Surfer girl prepares for big contest amidst fears, uncertainties and responsibilities. |
| Chasing Liberty | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | The sequestered First Daughter at 18 slips her minders in Prague to go check out the Love Parade in Berlin. |
| The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆ | Passionate competitive ice skater falls for her devil may care partner. His other girlfriend gets the silver. |
| Dirty Dancing | 1987 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A family vacation meets rock 'n' roll, a doctor manages a tragedy, & little sister outdoes the big. |
| Far From Heaven | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A seemingly perfect couple is undermined by their hidden flaws in a less than perfect society. |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1947 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Another second generation immigrant makes good in America. |
| Footloose | 2011 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A small town's tragedy puts the kibosh on teenage dancing until a Boston boy shows up. |
| Hidden Blessings | 2000 | NR | ☆☆☆ | Domestic violence and the usual suspect(s). Hit and miss police work. Some second guessing. |
| The Indian | 2007 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Absent father is forced to reconnect after much water has passed under the bridge. Rocky reunion. |
| Intolerable Cruelity | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Divorce attorney and gold-digger partner up in Las Vegas for mixed motives. |
| Leap Year | 2010 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Longsuffering lass beats a path to Dublin to propose to her foot-dragging fellow. Cupid gets in the way. |
| Love Actually | 2003 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A montage of Christmas vignettes playing on the theme of love. |
| Made of Honor | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Slow courting playboy tries to win his female bff after she gets engaged to a winning Scotsman. |
| Mamma Mia! | 2008 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A wedding on a Greek isle brings the bride's father & two surplus from a time the mom was having fun. |
| The Man in the Moon | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Two close sisters love the same man. This will not end well. |
| Materialists | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Matchmaking in the Big Apple harks back to prehistory. Some things never change. |
| Meet the Parents | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Uneasy meeting of parents with latest boyfriend. Love is sometimes the pits. |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | 2011 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Real estate magnate inherits live penguins from his explorer dad. They help reunite his family. |
| Mrs. Miracle | 2008 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | A Christmas angel brings love, discipline and reconciliation to floundering flubbers. |
| Mrs. Winterbourne | 1996 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Misidentification stemming from a train wreck puts Cinderella & baby on Easy Queasy Street. |
| My Sister's Keeper | 2009 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Medical gray area meets legal gray area, a doctor plays God, a sick girl plays Cinderella, a mother plays lawyer, and a dog plays judge. |
| Pearl Harbor | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Heroism occurs, love blossoms, and ships sink at Pearl Harbor under Japanese aggression. |
| The Pick-Up Artist | 1987 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Inveterate womanizer meets his match, changes his tune & gets happy. |
| The Princess Bride | 1987 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A fairy tale about a poor peasant maiden, treacherous royal schemes, piracy and true love |
| Pure Country 2: The Gift | 2010 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A country singer blessed with talent loses it for not abiding by heaven's rules. |
| The Resurrection of Gavin Stone | 2007 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | A prodigal son returns for a second chance helped by a pastor's daughter w/her own past. |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆★ | Four fast female friends ameliorate their summer separation by circulating a single pair of pants among them. |
| Sleepless In Seattle | 1993 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A fated connection unfolds before our eyes. Hollywood magic. |
| Something's Gotta Give | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Generationally misaligned matchings could give a Russian novel a run for its money. |
| Walk the Line | 2005 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Life and times of legendary Johnny Cash, his songs, his sufferings. |
| The Wedding Singer | 1997 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | A putz in a small town waits for his ship to come in. His friends embark on matrimonial bliss. |
| When Harry Met Sally | 1989 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An unlikely friendship develops into a more unlikely romance, or does it? |
| While You Were Sleeping | 1995 | PG | ☆☆☆☆☆ | A comatose son of a bitch and his putative fiancée ruffle feathers for Christmas. |
| Yours, Mine & Ours | 2005 | PG | ☆☆☆ | High School sweethearts postpone marriage until as widow(ers) w/children they reconnect at a reunion. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleship | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Untested naval officer confronts space alien raid in the Pacific. |
| Jurassic World: Rebirth | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A tropical island expedition to secure dino samples for medical research. |
| M3GAN 2.0 | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | An enhanced, leashed robo-doll confronts a military grade, weaponized android. |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | An off world experimental cloning project exceeds parameters. Some one is expendable. |
| Predator: Badlands | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A predator cum hunter on the outs with his clan bites off more than he can chew to redeem himself. |
| Red Planet | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | B-squad astronauts sent to Mars to troubleshoot failed terrafarming experiment. Nothing goes right. |
| Superman | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Superman suffers an identity crisis when he learns his Krypton parents were hawkish. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2014 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Mutant ninja turtles emerge from New York City sewers to fight crime. |
| Transamerica | 2005 | R | ☆☆☆ | A transitioning biddy must confront his past before her operation. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Elliot | 2000 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A widower, striking miner opposes his adolescent son's aspirations for ballet. |
| Blue Crush | 2002 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | Surfer girl prepares for big contest amidst fears, uncertainties and responsibilities. |
| The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold | 2006 | PG-13 | ☆☆ | Passionate competitive ice skater falls for her devil may care partner. His other girlfriend gets the silver. |
| The Last Rodeo | 2025 | PG | ☆☆☆ | A family emergency forces a has-been jock into one last shot. |
| Mickey | 2004 | PG | ☆☆☆☆ | Baseball and business cheating run afoul of the IRS, politics, and the league. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Accountant 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | An ex crime family accountant joins his sociopathic brother to thwart a human trafficking ring. |
| The Amateur | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | CIA cyber nerd goes operational when his wife is killed. Minimally trained, maximally motivated. |
| Black Bag | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | Spy catcher's list of suspects includes his wife. Implicit trust is put to the test. |
| Chronicle | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Three high school seniors stumble upon a buried crystal that confers telekinetic powers to them. |
| Drop | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A dating app is the pits for a successful single mom & an enigmatic photographer. |
| Exit Wounds | 2001 | R | ☆☆☆ | Loose cannon gets patrol duty in a sorry city. He takes a bite out of crime. |
| Flight Risk | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A hurried witness transfer in unfriendly skies requires a new pilot to replace the mob's ringer. |
| Homestead | 2024 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆ | An eclectic mix tries to stave off the apocalypse in a fortified compound. Somebody better pray. |
| Honey Don't! | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆☆ | Shady business & kinky sex are booming in Bakersfield, keeping a dickless Tracy pursuing hot leads. |
| The Hunters | 2011 | R | ☆☆☆ | A forsaken fort crawling with criminals exceeds its share of mischief this Christmas. |
| Jurassic World: Rebirth | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A tropical island expedition to secure dino samples for medical research. |
| Ladder 49 | 2004 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Follows a fireman's career w/family interests and Catholic crew-mates. |
| M3GAN 2.0 | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | An enhanced, leashed robo-doll confronts a military grade, weaponized android. |
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | IMF must tame an AI entity before it unleashes Armageddon. Are they up to this one last hurrah? |
| Nobody 2 | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A harried homebody has his family take a much needed vacation only to have work pressures follow along. |
| Now You See Me | 2013 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Small time illusionists band together for a big con hosted by person(s) unknown. |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆★ | A daughter of the revolution is caught between conflicting parents & the turning pages of history. |
| The Other Guys | 2010 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Low rank men in blue vie for top dog crime buster status. Inner resources emerge. |
| Parker | 2013 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A betrayed robber sets out to even the score. His betrayers are connected. |
| Perfect Stranger | 2007 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A tabloid hack busts a philandering BSD for the torturous murder of her harpy friend. |
| Predator: Badlands | 2025 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A predator cum hunter on the outs with his clan bites off more than he can chew to redeem himself. |
| Red Planet | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | B-squad astronauts sent to Mars to troubleshoot failed terrafarming experiment. Nothing goes right. |
| The Rundown | 2003 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Chicago hoodlum puts the lean on wayward son exploring the Amazon. Indiana Jones move over. |
| The Surfer | 2024 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A surfer schmo trying to reclaim his youth is discouraged by local surfer Joe's. |
| A Working Man | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆★ | A working man reaches for his erstwhile soldiering skills to rescue his boss' trafficked daughter. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleship | 2012 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆★ | Untested naval officer confronts space alien raid in the Pacific. |
| Hot Shots! | 1991 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | American air superiority still needs its best pilot(s) to neutralize a nuclear threat. |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux |
1993 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | A Rambo rescue mission is spliced with a hodgepodge of clips from other movies. Don't see this one on drugs. |
| Iwo Jima: 36 Days of Hell | 2010 | NR | ☆☆ | Hellish fighting on the way to allied victory in WW II. |
| Pearl Harbor | 2001 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | Heroism occurs, love blossoms, and ships sink at Pearl Harbor under Japanese aggression. |
| Sisu: Road to Revenge | 2025 | R | ☆☆☆☆ | A homesick Finnish commando tries to repatriate his family homestead after WWII hostilities have ended. |
| Title | Year | Rating | Stars | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All the Pretty Horses | 2000 | PG-13 | ☆☆☆☆ | In 1949 a Texan goes to Mexico to fulfill his cowboy dreams but discovers there's no place like home. |
| The Last Rodeo | 2025 | PG | ☆☆☆ | A family emergency forces a has-been jock into one last shot. |
Valtorta, Maria. The Gospel as Revealed to Me. Vol. 2. Translated from Italian by Nicandro Picozzi, M.A., D.D. Revised by Patrick McLaughlin, M.A. This 2nd English Edition has now replaced the First English Edition, The Poem of the Man-God. WEB.
Whitehead, John W. Grasping for the Wind: the search for meaning in the 20th century. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001. Print.
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