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lmcglinchey
Reviews
Padre Pio (2022)
Padre Pio could have been an extra in this movie
This was a waste of my time and I can tolerate most anything. I love Padre Pio and this movie wasn't about him despite the name. It was about a very poor village after WWI trying to bring about socialism as a means to overcome their poverty. Gratuitous nudity. Gratuitous violence. Padre Pio's life was maybe 5% of the content and even then it was unrelated to the weak story line. Nothing about his trials. No stigmata. No bilocution. Once very marginal scene with reading of souls. One marginal scene fighting the devil. He was portrayed as a weak man. Very dark. I was so disappointed. I would not recommend to anyone.
The Chosen (2017)
Wonderful Interpretation
I am very picky and hard to please when it comes to movies that represent stories of the Bible. I can't stand when someone wimpy is cast as Jesus, etc. I have found this series to be true to the Bible and their artistic embellishment of what the Bible leaves out is at times unothorodox but hardly heretical. In fact, this series makes it so much easier for me to pray along with the Gospels when I read them. I guess I lack in imagination and they give me a boost. I think any Bible-believing Christian could benefit from fresh input. And any non-believer might be better able to relate. God bless all who seek to grow closer to Christ and all who are just trying to figure out who He really is.
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Nick Nolte and Gerard Butler!
The movie was fun - I thoroughly enjoyed everything except the liberal pontificating.
Tares Among the Wheat: Sequel to a Lamp in the Dark (2012)
I'd Give It 0/10 if I Could
Pure anti-Catholic rhetoric. Rome and the Pope are the anti-Christ and that's determined within the first 15 minutes. The producers cite "they" too many times to count without ever saying who "they" are. And we jump from heresies in the 200s AD to the 1500s in 60 seconds or less. I could only stomach the misinformation, misrepresentations, biases and outright lies for 30 minutes. Garbage.