Jeffrey Alan Schechter

Overall Impression – A mostly solid tale about personal sacrifice… if you can forgive Germans speaking in American and English accents. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Claus von Stauffenberg. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: assassinate the Nazi power players and stage a government coup.  Personal: free Germany from its real […]

Overall Impression – An impressive film, can’t get enough of it. One of the best movies of the famous composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ever made… in my opinion. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Salieri What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Prove that he’s a superior musician to Mozart.  Personal: Destroy Mozart’s […]

  Overall Impression – My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a great romantic comedy which I’ve enjoyed many times and still like to watch.  At the same time, I always get the feeling that something is missing. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Toula. What’s she trying to accomplish? – Professional: Get married.  […]

  Overall Impression – A man who doesn’t believe in ghosts is trapped in a room haunted by them and cannot escape no matter what he does.  Great! THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Mike Enslin What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Trying to escape room 1408. Personal: Healing the relationship with […]

Overall Impression – Bewildering!  Frustrating!  Then I gave up trying to figure out why everything was happening and actually started enjoying it. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Ben. What’s he trying to accomplish? – The movie gets its drive by withholding an answer to this question. Why is Ben doing all these crazy good deeds?  WHY!?  Until all is revealed […]