Monday, September 28, 2020

G-d Week: My son, do not regard the Lord's discipline lightly, nor be weary when reproved by him, for the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.


BARABBAS

1961 Italy/1962 USA
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Written by Christopher Fry (based on the novel by Par Lagerkvist)

Spoiler alert: somewhere between moderate and high

Thursday, September 24, 2020

The night breed


LITTLE MONSTERS

1989
Directed by Richard Alan Greenberg
Written by Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott

Spoiler alert: mild

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Sunday, September 20, 2020

G-d Week: Those who were not my people I will call my people, and she who was not beloved, I will call beloved.


THE ROBE

1953
Directed by Henry Koster
Written by Gina Kaus, Albert Maltz, and Philip Dunne (based on the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas)

Spoiler alert: high

Friday, September 11, 2020

G-d Week: Truly this man was the son of God.


THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

1965
Directed by George Stevens
Written by James Lee Barrett and George Stevens

Spoiler alert: very very N/A

Monday, September 7, 2020

G-d Week: She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered.


SALOME

1953
Directed by William Dieterle
Written by Harry Kleiner and Jesse Lasky Jr.

Spoiler alert: high

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Oh the huge manatee


CHILDREN OF THE SEA
Kaiju no kodomo

2019 Japan/2020 USA
Directed by Ayumu Watanabe and Kenichi Konishi
Written by Hanasaki Kino (based on the comic by Daisuke Igarashi)

Spoiler alert: I feel like I'd need to have understood what happened in order to spoil it, but hey, let's say "moderate"