It’s never too late for love, even for ‘Beginners’

Love can be a funny thing. Sometimes it feels like it tricks us, at other times it seems like it hides from us and at still other times it cleverly camouflages itself while audaciously parading itself around right before our eyes. But as much as we might like to think it’s some capricious force outside our control, it’s always something that manifests based on what we think and feel about it, a notion explored in the new indie film, “Beginners.”

Going with One's Gut

“The Ghost Writer” (2010). Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, James Belushi, Tim Preece, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, Jon Bernthal, Eli Wallach, Robert Pugh, David Rintoul, Soogi Kang, Lee Hong Thay. Director: Roman Polanski. Screenplay: Robert Harris and Roman Polanski. Book: Robert Harris. www.theghostwriter-movie.com/. We’ve all undoubtedly experienced situations in which we’ve [...]

The Bleat of a Different Drummer

“The Men Who Stare at Goats” (2009). Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root, Waleed Zuaiter. Director: Grant Heslov. Screenplay: Peter Straughan. Book: Jon Ronson. www.themenwhostareatgoatsmovie.com. Author/philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears [...]