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Directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Idris Elba, Chastain discusses her meetings with the real life Molly Bloom, and whether she had any preconceptions before they first met. She also speaks about the pointed relevance of this film in a contemporary climate, as a film that holds much resonance in light of the #MeToo movement […]
Awards season may finally, finallybe over, as the last two stragglers from this year’s prestige picture crop finally make their way onto disc and demand. Plus, we’ve got a forgotten gem of silent comedy, and a pair of last fall’s strongest dramas on your streaming platforms. Take a look: ON NETFLIX Una: “I was never […]
Last year, The West Wing and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin made his directorial debut with the true story of Molly’s Game. Based on the memoir of the same name by Molly Bloom and adapted by Sorkin himself, the film follows a young woman as she goes from an Olympic athlete to running an exclusive […]
She welcomed movie stars, businessmen, stockbrokers and sportsmen to her table. She conducted herself with strict professionalism, never mixing business with pleasure, guarded all her clients’ secrets and made millions for herself along the way. It all came to a sticky end when the FBI arrested her in a dawn raid in 2013. Jessica Chastain […]
Writer Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with the fast-paced Molly’s Game. Sorkin is renowned for his lighting-fast dialogue, but that element lives and dies with the right actor or actress in the part. Thankfully, Sorkin cast the phenomenal Jessica Chastain as the lead of the film, and the actress delivers one of her best performances […]
The Killing of a Sacred Deer opens with a giant close-up of a heart in mid-surgery, pumping away as operatic music blasts over the soundtrack, an image that’s basically a pre-emptive rebuke – yes, there’s a heart beating somewhere in this movie.Deer is the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, the deadpan provocateur behind Dogtooth and The […]
Aaron Sorkin has had some trouble when it comes to his female characters. It’s not that Sorkin has never written a good female character; he has — C.J. Cregg on The West Wing immediately springs to mind. But more often than not, Sorkin has a tendency to reduce women to roles in which their biggest […]
Aaron Sorkin has a helluva story for his feature directorial debut. The writer behind The West Wing, The Social Network, and Moneyball is telling another story of ambition and perseverance with Molly’s Game. Based on Molly Bloom’s fast-paced, high-stakes, and exceptionally entertaining memoir of the same name, Sorkin will show how she ran some of the most exclusive and lucrative underground […]
