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,…

  • 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…