Reviews – March 2015

24/02/2015 | Reform

The true King

Selma Directed by Ava DuVernay Certificate 12A, 128 minutes Released 6 February

This account of the epoch-making march at Selma, Alabama, deserves comparison to films that were cinematically epoch-making themselves, including Gandhi and Schindler’s … Read More

Reviews – February 2015

23/01/2015 | Reform

Restoring the soul of the Psalms

Psalms Redux: Poems and prayers Carla Grosch-Miller Canterbury Press, Norwich £10.99 (available from the United Reformed Church online store; visit www.urc.org.uk/store)

This book uplifted my soul. The psalms which Carla Grosch-Miller has so … Read More

Reviews – December 2014/January 2015

01/12/2014 | Reform

Scenes from a martyrdom

Stations of the Cross Directed by Dietrich Brueggemann Certificate 15, 105 minutes Released 28 November

Maria is a 14-year-old brought up in a conservative Catholic sect so extreme that she has a crisis of conscience when … Read More

Reviews – November 2014

24/10/2014 | Reform

Broken in Brooklyn

The Drop Directed by Michaël R Roskam Certificate 15, 106 minutes Released on 14 November

Dennis Lehane writes grimy thrillers that imagine the American shadow in the form of broken men trying to escape the past. Two … Read More

Reviews – October 2014

25/09/2014 | Reform

How to be busy, yet faithful

Forgetful Heart: Remembering God in a distracted world Lucy Mills
Darton, Longman + Todd £9.99

This book was written to encourage those who have a deep-rooted desire to live out faith in the world, … Read More

Reviews – September 2014

22/08/2014 | Reform

The greatest ape

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Directed by Matt Reeves Certificate 12A, 130 minutes Released on 17 July

Charlton Heston cursing humanity – “God damn you all to hell!” – at the close of the original … Read More