Rated R for strong violence, grisly images, and language.Starting Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin and Jeffrey DonovanDirected by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) In Mexico, Sicario means hitman… seems like it could also mean brutally violent.When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission...
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence.Starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark HamillDirected by J.J. Abrams (Star Trek and Super 8)Most of the time films do not live up to their hype. Not only does Star Wars: The Force Awakens live up to the hype, it surpasses it. Thirty years following...
Rated R for bloody violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.Starring Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Doug Jones and Jim BeaverDirected by Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth)Not your typical “ghost story.”In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious...
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material.Starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Brendan Gleeson and Tom HollandDirected by Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man, Ransom and Apollo 13)The “true” story of the behind the story of Moby Dick…I think. In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship...
Rated PG for thematic elements involving perilous situations, and for some nudity, language, brief drug references and smoking. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon and Ben KingsleyDirected by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future and Forrest Gump)Part heist film and part love letter to the Twin Towers, The Walk is worth the journey. As a boy, Philippe Petit dreams...
Rated R for violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.Starring Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Dave Bautista, Kate Bosworth and D.B. SweeneyDirected by Scott MannHeist is a by-the-numbers crime thriller that never lives up the star power of the cast. When their attempt to rob a casino owned by the feared gangster Pope (Robert De Niro) goes awry...
Main Point: God is a God of forgiveness, even in the face of evil. Since we are God’s people, we must be people of forgiveness, as well.The Discussion Starter:In the past 15 months, the religious extremists known as ISIS have been making news headlines on a consistent basis…and none of it for anything good. ISIS, the abbreviation for The...