After writing a few good screenplays that were tamed by a few good directors (‘The Social Network’, ‘Steve Jobs’, ‘A Few Good Men’, etc.) Aaron Sorkin has finally gone ahead and directed a movie himself. It’s called ‘Molly’s Game’...
Aaron Sorkin finally directed one of his screenplays and the results are pretty much what you’d expect. That snappy, Sorkiny dialogue explodes out of characters’ mouths at a fever pitch. Rat-a-tat snark and smarm slowly tease out ...
A spiritual sequel to ‘The Social Network’, ‘Steve Jobs’ sees screenwriter Aaron Sorkin deliver another tale of a troubled genius who helped create a world of computer communications yet couldn’t figure out his own interpersonal c...
The penultimate episode of ‘The Newsroom’ turns out to be a rather mixed bag, with some good and some not-so-good subplots, plus a shocker of an ending that I’m still not sure how I feel about.
One of my favorite things about ‘The Newsroom’ was the idea that the show would take major real-life news stories and provide “hindsight” commentary (although not for the characters) on the events. However, we’ve gotten very littl...
Despite not having anything to do with a historical news story, nor even featuring any scenes of characters delivering an on-the-air report or commentary, the second episode of the final season of ‘The Newsroom’ is another solid o...
Because my available time to write is more limited these days than I’d like, I’ve decided to create a post to compile some quick-hit thoughts on news that might be pertinent to the interests of this blog.
One wonders if ‘Election Night, Part II’ was written with the thought that it might be a series ender for ‘The Newsroom’. The Season 2 finale has no cliffhangers, and at least two major characters wind up at points in their relati...
Episode 7 of ‘The Newsroom’ is the one that viewers have been waiting for all season long. The Genoa story finally makes it onto the air and the lies behind it begin to unravel. While the episode contains less of the humor and ban...
Finally! After using this weekly recap to gripe and complain about the drop in quality on ‘The Newsroom’ this season, Episode 6 (‘One Step Too Many’) delivers the kind of fun that has been missing so far this year. It’s by far the...
I’m still not sure what to make of this season of ‘The Newsroom’. The positive news is this week’s episode (‘News Night with Will McAvoy’) is the strongest entry of the season. The bad news is that it still pales in comparison to ...
After last week’s episode, I felt that ‘The Newsroom’ was getting back to the quality we saw in the first season. However, Episode 4 (entitled ‘Unintended Consequences’) is so predictable and poorly written (sorry, Mr. Sorkin!) th...
