THE APOSTLE was written and directed by--as well as stars--Robert Duvall as a minister whose marriage is in shambles. In a furious rage at the prospect of losing his children to his ex-wife's paramour, he strikes the man with a baseball bat, leaving him in an ultimately-fatal coma.
Fleeing the law, Duvall heads south, ending up in a backwater Louisiana parish, where, with the help of a retired black minister, he establishes a tiny, ramshackle church. Through the force of his oratory both in the pulpit and over the airwaves of the local low-watt AM station, his flock quickly grows. But will his past catch up with him, and if so, in what form.
Duvall has mastered the rhythm and cadence of the fire-and-brimstone "Holy Roller" preacher down to a T. The only reason I gave this film 5 stars is because I couldn't give it 6; it is not to be missed!
Wall-E DVD Andrew Stanton(DIR) 2008
Dec 29, 2020
Great animated Disney-Pixar movie
Engrossing animated (c.g.i. graphics) movie from Disney-Pixar, as good as "E.T.)!
Lincoln DVD Steven Spielberg(DIR) 2012
Aug 07, 2021
LINCOLN (and the passage of the 13th Amendment)
Spoiler alert: It ain't about Lincoln as much as it chronicles the last four months of Lincoln's life and his ceaseless efforts--through cajolery, browbeating, and the trading of patronage jobs--to get the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution (which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime) passed by a rambunctious and disorganized House of Representatives.
This 2012 American biographical historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln. The film also features Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and Tommy Lee Jones in supporting roles.
I give it three stars.