“How” a crime is solved is so much less important than “Why” the cops are doing what they are doing and “Why” they are affected by the job. If there is no “Why” it’s just cops going through the motions.
Continue readingDifferent Character Types have very different views of what power is.
Continue readingMy expectations for Battleship were low, my aisle seat afforded me a quick painless getaway, and yet I stayed. I actually enjoyed the movie.
Continue reading#TypesTuesday – Each Avenger is absolutely true to their Character Type.
Continue readingWriter-director Michael Hazanavicius is one of the rare filmmaker-artists whose pictures are worth a thousand words.
Continue readingToday Dog Day Afternoon is an unabashed classic, a template by which other movies are based and a formula which is periodically tweaked and refined.
Continue readingThe Quiet American is a wonderful 2002 film starring Michael Caine (Power of Idealism) as a jaded newspaper reporter who moves from being an observer, passionately in love with a young Vietnamese girl, to a direct participant in the tangled politics of her country.
Continue readingThe Mating Season is a good old fashioned Power of Love story in the best sense of the word.
Continue readingLadies in Lavender is a slight wistful film filled with yearning, jealousy and regret. Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith give tender nuanced performances filled with love and longing.
Continue readingBright Star starts a bit slowly but builds and burns with a growing intensity. The longing, the loss, the passion and the separated lovers make it a classic Power of Idealism film with two young Power of Idealism lovers.
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