What Crosses My Mind

  • American Hustle – A Question of Human Nature

    While ‘American Hustle’ begins with a disclaimer that ‘some of this story is true’ the viewer is more importantly left with a taste of how easily drawn into hustles all of us are, no matter the situation legal, above the law, or lost in deception. Each character in this movie has a desire for power,…

  • A Cold Reality

    When I drive by the spot, I am immediately reminded of how painful the memory is; a moment in my life that I have never tried to discard, but only keep strong in my mind for the value of sentiment. To me, to speak of love is to know when everything I felt important in…

  • ‘Last Vegas’ speaks volumes

    We have an opportunity when we go to see Last Vegas, and see some of our finest icons grace the stage in roles that almost define their own lives. You see, with Hollywood, we don’t have the opportunity to see people for who they really are. We can only imagine because the characters they play…

  • Are We That Society? ‘The Counselor’ a review

    I have to wonder if glorifying the sick and twisted is really where our society wants to lead themselves. I watched ‘The Counselor” with intrigue because, one, the name value drew me – Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt – a number of actors that really grace the stage with character and panache. But that’s…

  • Lee Daniels’ The Butler – A Review

    Lee Daniels’ The Butler – A Review I threw on a little Billie Holiday in the background because I hoped it might be an appropriate mood setter for writing a review of Lee Daniels’ The Butler. You see, I’m a white guy talking about something very personal towards a black audience, an African-American topic if…

  • Trayvon Martin

    A boy died. A segment of our society painted him to be a golden boy wearing a hood. We don’t know. I certainly don’t know. From what I first read, it seemed that George Zimmerman was his own wannabe crusader that wanted to save the world from society’s ‘cancers.’ In this scenario, it played out…