Columbo is much more than any other show! Despite my opening criticisms, this is a show that one can become totally engrossed in. It keeps you engrossed from beginning to end- not with gimmicks, like action or gore, but with intrigue. Yes, I said intrigue- even though we know at the start who committed the […]
Archives for March 2013
Gratuitous Violence in Film
One of the questions about Cinema Therapy is whether there is any therapeutic value in violence. The Urban Dictionary defines gratuitous violence as violence for the sake of being violent, usually associated with low budget movies and cult videogames. It is also often without need, and often unrealistic. It seems that almost any genre of […]
JFK
JFK is a 1991 American political thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner). Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw (Tommy Lee Jones) for […]
Vera Drake
Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton), a working-class woman in London in 1950, is devoted to her family, looking after her husband and children, her elderly mother, and a sick neighbor. Her son, Sid (Daniel Mays), works as a tailor and her daughter, Ethel (Alex Kelly), works in a lightbulb factory. Her husband, Stanley (Phil Davis), works […]