O Categories Reviews TV March 25, 2022 One Perfect Shot chooses careers over craft Netflix's documentary series inspired by a popular Twitter feed is disappointingly simplified & too focused on empty director soundbites
D Categories Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue January 14, 2022 Daniel Pemberton on capturing the Golden Age sweep of Being the Ricardos The Oscar-nominated composer goes old-school symphonic for his latest collaboration with Aaron Sorkin.
B Categories Movies Reviews December 22, 2021 Being the Ricardos is a dull, talky affair Aaron Sorkin just can’t help telling the story of the beloved 1950s sitcom duo through a modern lens.
S Categories Anniversaries Features Movies October 1, 2020 Sorkin’s Game: How “The Social Network” surprisingly succeeds in its take on women David Fincher's Facebook drama remains a bright spot in Aaron Sorkin's filmography in how it skewers male entitlement.
“ Categories Movies Reviews September 30, 2020 “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is a very Sorkin look at ’60s history The courtroom docudrama does what it set out to do: uplift, inspire & make little of an impression.
T Categories Columns Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You August 3, 2020 The “Moneyball” we got delivers a baseball movie for Ben Shapiro Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' book is an overlong, overcrowded sports biopic partially redeemed by its cast.
& Categories Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You July 27, 2020 “Charlie Wilson’s War” wins some of its battles A token of the aughts and a swan song for Mike Nichols, this 2007 drama runs on more hermetically sealed Aaron Sorkin writing to okay results.
H Categories Hall of Faces Podcasts TV October 31, 2019 Hall of Faces: Who’s the Greatest Character on “The West Wing”? From Jed Bartlet to CJ Cregg to Losh Lyman, we elect one of Aaron Sorkin's quick-witted White House wonks from The West Wing to our Hall of Faces.
