power

• My Fellow Americans directed by Peter Segal (1996)

  [7/10]

  "Both Lemmon and Garner make believable presidents, and they easily execute their lines from the well crafted script. A cub reporter from the Washington Post could work out the political intrigue of My Fellow Americans in a matter of minutes, but then you don't need a Tom Clancy class scandal for a light comedy."

• There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (2008)

  [7/10]

  "I think Upton Sinclair would approve of this adaptation of his novel. We watch the self-destruction of the main characters as they focus on their greed and lust for power, and we see these empty lives -- like black holes -- draw the goodness and life unwillingly out of the people who happen to cross their path."

  Average score: 7.00