I don’t remember most of my dreams. There are a couple that recur but all I remember is that I had it but no details remain. Some think that they are memories of past lives saturated with events of this one. But this implies that fate isn’t an abstract construct and could play a role in our lives. I’m leaning in the other direction but Doctor Cozy Carlisle (Robin Williams) doesn’t. He tells LA detective Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) and his client Grace (Emma Thompson) that fate may be the only cosmic force with a tragic sense of humour.

Director:  Kenneth Branagh Writer:  Scott Frank Cast:
Kenneth Branagh -  Roman Strauss/Mike Church Andy Garcia -  Gray Baker Emma Thompson -  Grace/Margaret Strauss Lois Hall -  Sister Constance Richard Easton -  Father Timothy Jo Anderson -  Sister Madeleine/Starlet Patrick Montes -  Pickup Driver Raymond Cruz -  Clerk		Robin Williams -  Doctor Cozy Carlisle Wayne Knight -  ‘Piccolo’ Pete Dugan Patrick Doyle -  Cop #1/Party Guest #2 Erik Kilpatrick -  Cop #2 Gordana Rashovich -  Handcuffed Woman Derek Jacobi -  Franklyn Madson Obba Babatunde -  Syd Christine Ebersole -  Lydia Larsen

I know a number of people who write novels for a living. Some of their fiction comes from their life experiences but most of it is made up using sources like libraries, experts in a particular field or notes made in past years of events they’ve noticed. When the fiction closes in on reality, they take care not to describe anyone real and alive or restrict it to those in the public domain. I’ve appeared as a character in two books that I know about and had to swear on my soul that I wouldn’t sue. When journalist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) has a novel stolen that describes the kidnapping of the Italian Prime Minister, he didn’t know how much trouble he’d be in both with the authorities and the Red Brigade’s terrorists. His friend Alison King (Sharon Stone), a photojournalist, may be able to help but she seems to know a lot more about what is going on than one would expect.

Director:  John Frankenheimer Writer:  Michael Mewshaw; David Ambrose Cast:
Andrew McCarthy -  David Raybourne Sharon Stone -  Alison King Valeria Golino -  Lia John Pankow -  Italo Bianchi George Murcell -  Pierre Bernier Mattia Sbragia -  Giovanni Roberto Posse -  Lucio Thomas Elliot -  Marco		Carla Cassola -  Lena Darren Modder -  Joe Bob Carol Schneider -  Mattie Ron Williams -  Lanky Youth Antonio Degli Schiavi -  Man in Cafe Aldo Mengolini -  Aldo Moro Francesca Prandi -  Woman Terrorist Maurizio Fardo -  Questioner

Nine times out of ten, I find that topics of discussion devolve into arguments. It seems most people I run into pick a side of a topic and treat it like it is the coming of the apocalypse. Either or, left or right, up or down, in or out. While many of life’s challenges have but two sides, they are many more where one can take a position out of many. But it seems that striking hard, early and loud, gives many the belief that their side is the only one. Even for lawyers like father and daughter, Jedediah Tucker Ward (Gene Hackman) and Maggie (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who don’t, can’t or won’t discuss the vagaries of life even at Jed and Estelle’s (Joanna Merlin) anniversary party. All their rancor does is to further embed the wedge already driven between them.

Director:  Michael Apted Writer:  Carolyn Shelby; Christopher Ames; Samantha Shad Cast:
Gene Hackman -  Jedediah Tucker Ward Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio -  Maggie Ward Colin Friels -  Michael Grazier Joanna Merlin -  Estelle Ward Laurence Fishburne -  Nick Holbrook Donald Moffat -  Fred Quinn Jan Rubes -  Alexander Pavel Matt Clark -  Judge R. Symes		Fred Dalton Thompson -  Dr. George Getchell Jonathan Silverman -  Brian Joan McMurtrey -  Ann Anne Ramsay -  Deborah David Byron -  Carl Tim Hopper -  Howard ‘Howie’ Crayhill Robert David Hall -  Steven Kellen Wood Moy -  Mr. Minh

To stay ahead of a new and improved Terminator android called the T-1000 (Robert Patrick), the newly modified good-guy T-800 android (Arnold Schwarzenegger) breaks Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) out of the asylum and, along with son John (Edward Furlong), flee to the desert and the camp of Enrique Salceda (Castulo Guerra) to get some of his underground weapons cache and cross over the border into Mexico. While prepping for the trip, John tries to explain to the T-800 emotions such as why people cry. It is hard to put into words those things we take for granted.

Director:  James Cameron Writer:  James Cameron; William Wisher Jr. Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger -  The Terminator (T-800 Model 101) Linda Hamilton -  Sarah Connor Edward Furlong -  John Connor Robert Patrick -  T-1000 Joe Morton -  Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson Earl Boen -  Dr. Peter Silberman S. Epatha Merkerson -  Tarissa Dyson Castulo Guerra -  Enrique Salceda		Danny Cooksey -  Tim Jenette Goldstein -  Janelle Voight Xander Berkeley -  Todd Voight Leslie Hamilton Gearren -  T-1000 Sarah Ken Gibbel -  Douglas Robert Winley -  Cigar-Smoking Biker Pete Schrum -  Lloyd Shane Wilder -  Trucker