Ordinary Angels

This week’s film is a recent release. When hairdresser Sharon Stevens (Hilary Swank) reads about the hardships of a local five-year-old girl who urgently needs a liver transplant after losing… Read More

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

This week’s film tells the true story of Irena Sendler, a Catholic social worker in Poland who helped save the lives of thousands of Jewish children during World War II.… Read More

The Hill

Rickey Hill is a young boy who loves playing baseball, though it’s not easy with the leg braces he’s forced to wear due to a degenerative spinal condition. His overbearing… Read More

I Am David

When 12-year-old David escapes from the harsh Bulgarian labor camp he grew up in, he possesses little more than a compass, a sack, and a sealed letter. Warned to trust… Read More

The Impossible

Here’s a film based on the true story of one family’s survival of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Maria Bennett (Naomi… Read More

The Book Thief

This week’s film is a war time drama that’s more appropriate for older viewers. It’s 1938 in Germany when young Liesel is forced to move in with new foster parents.… Read More

Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

“The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.” For All Saints’ Day, here’s a movie about Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower. While undergoing several hardships as… Read More

The Miracle Season

Caroline “Line” Found is an optimistic, outgoing teenager and a talented volleyball player. She serves as captain of her high school volleyball team, which won the state championship last year,… Read More

42

“You want a player who doesn’t have the guts to fight back?” “No. I want a player who’s got the guts not to fight back.” This week’s film tells the… Read More

A Bag of Marbles

Joseph is a young boy living in occupied France in the early 1940s. He’s not sure why he’s supposed to wear a yellow star on his jacket. His world is… Read More

Dream Horse

“We can’t stop ourselves from dreaming of bigger things.” Unsatisfied with her unfulfilling job in her small Welsh town, middle-aged Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) decides to raise a race horse. She has… Read More