Diary

The 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time

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The Atlantic Monthly came up with this list: 1 Abraham Lincoln He saved the Union, freed the slaves, and presided over America’s second founding. 2 George Washington He made the United States possible—not only by defeating a king, but by declining to become one himself. 3 Thomas Jefferson The author of the five most important words in American history: image [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Spiderman 3

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It takes imaginative writers to stretch a story across multiple films.  Spiderman 3 lacked such talent. Compared to the first two installments, the film feels uninspired, repetitive and contrived. Audiences can only stomach so much transformation in the lead character before they will turn way.

Movies, Phantasy

The Last Mimzy

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On a previous flight this film was offered to me for lunch. I passed. Without any sound the beginning looked slow and quite lame. On this new flight I tuned in and discovered that the story has unexpected depth. Extraterrestrial creatures have come to earth to recapture what was lost in perfecting their ability to image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Fracture

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Anthony Hopkins plays a sociopath similar to the one he portrayed in Silence of the Lambs. Hopkins’ character shoots his wife when he discovers she is cheating on him with a police officer. Without any remorse, he tries to get off the hook for the murder by outsmarting the good-looking district attorney. The film is image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Isn’t it interesting that people have such a soft spot for bank robbers?  Forcing a grandmother to hand over all her savings and shooting her right in the head would not make a good story. But robbing a bank does not stir peoples’ indignation. The impersonal bank is not perceived to be a real victim. image [Read More]
Diary

Hairspray

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This comic musical is a lot of fun! It is not the history lesson about the struggle to integrate black people into mainstream America that captured my heart. I also did not laugh much. The film is not particularly funny. But the music and dancing is so infectious that many a times I wanted to image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Bourne Ultimatum

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How would you feel if you suddenly found out that you were a totally different person until a few years ago and if you did not remember anything about your previous life? (My fear is that I might discover out that I was George Bush. ) For two installments Jason Bourne has been trying to image smile [Read More]
Comedy, Movies

Blades of Glory

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This newest effort by Will Farrell is not nearly as funny as Bodega Nights.  The basic idea behind the movie has some charms. Let’s use the gender wars to go for a real gender bender. Two guys compete in the Olympic pair ice-skating competition.  I have been told many times that the top female player image [Read More]