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‘Molly’s Game’ Review: Sorkin at His Sorkiniest

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:00:31 +0000

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’, based on the secret-spewing biography by underground poker goddess Molly Bloom. The subject is ripe for...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Molly’s Game’

Philip Brown — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:00:20 +0000

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 plot and ram themes down viewers’ throats. ‘Molly’s Game’ is fairly fun and rather funny. After all,...

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‘Steve Jobs’ Review: Citizen Jobs

Philip Brown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:00:22 +0000

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 communications. Sorkin being Sorkin, it’s also another talk-fest in which egomaniacs toss out well-crafted barbs. This time, however, a partnership...

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‘The Newsroom’ 3.05 Recap: “It Looks Like Urine”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:00:58 +0000

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. The episode opens with Will being escorted to his new prison cell by a guard, who warns him that...

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‘The Newsroom’ 3.04 Recap: “I Find Your Irish Stoicism Irritating”

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:00:17 +0000

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 little of that in Season 3, and get none in this latest episode. But you know what? I thought...

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‘The Newsroom’ 3.02 Recap: “You Walked Right Past the Waffles”

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:00:47 +0000

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 one, once again reminding viewers of how entertaining this series can be when it’s firing on all cylinders....

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Odds & Ends: Director Obsessions and Screenwriter Break-Ups

Josh Zyber — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:00:18 +0000

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. I’ll leave it to our readers to discuss further in the Comments, if you’d like. Orci and Kurtzman...

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‘The Newsroom’ 2.09 Recap: “What I Have Can’t Be Taught”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:00:47 +0000

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 relationships that almost certainly would have been saved for later had Aaron Sorkin and...

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‘The Newsroom’ 2.07 Recap: “An Institutional Failure”

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:00:36 +0000

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 banter that fans have come to expect from the series, for once...

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‘The Newsroom’ 2.06 Recap: “None of It Was True”

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:00:02 +0000

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 best episode of Season 2 to date. For those of you wondering...

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‘The Newsroom’ 2.05 Recap: “Tonight, We Settle All Family Business”

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:00:18 +0000

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 any episode of Season 1. With only four episodes left, I think...

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‘The Newsroom’ 2.04 Recap: “Your Movement Sucks”

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:00:18 +0000

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!) that it easily qualifies as the worst of the series. It doesn’t help that the primary focus of the...

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