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Facebook’s origins exposed and explained on the big screen
“The Social Network” is a fast-paced drama detailing the history of Facebook that keeps viewers interested with its intricate story-lines and quippy dialogue. †The movie tells the story of Mark Zuckerberg (Jessie Eisenberg), inventor of Facebook, and the two lawsuits surrounding the controversial invention, brought on by his best friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), the…
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“The Social Network” mimics a Shakespearean drama
“The Social Network” is many things. It is the story of the origin of Facebook, a scathing (though dramatized) portrait of its creator Mark Zuckerberg and a vivid social commentary. Under the masterful direction of David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Benjamin Button”) and the biting, brazen wit of Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay (“West Wing”), this film is…
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“Easy A” is a wild, over dramatized adventure
“Easy A,” the latest in the inexhaustible string of silver screen interpretations of the travails of the American teenager, is a charming, feel-good film. Directed by Will Gluck,† it tells the story of Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone), a self-aware and wittily observant high school student, who is shunned by her peers after she decides to…
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“Going the Distance” a crowd pleaser
Though “Going the Distance” is among the last of this summer’s silver screen releases, it deserves a place as one of the season’s smartest mainstream films. Directed by Nanette Burstein and written by Geoff LaTulippe, it tells the story of Erin (Drew Barrymore) and Garrett (Justin Long), two young professionals whose summer fling in New…
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Art documentary exposes big ëartistic’ controversey
“The Art of the Steal,” a documentary directed by Don Argott and released in February, brought to light the insufficiently-acknowledged art scandal that undermined Albert C. Barnes’ will in regards to his private art collection.† Barnes intended for his collection to be a freestanding educational institution, not a museum in the conventional sense, and only…
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“Dragon” surprises with whimsy and heart
I’ve learned not to expect too much from animated action films lately ó they tend to be beautiful, but insubstantial.† Boring plots and clichÈd characters are the norm.† So going into Dreamworks animation studio’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” my bar was set pretty low. This explains how surprised I was when it turned out…
