‘The Social Whatever’: Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook Sequel Has Little Bite
‘The Social Reckoning’ revisits Mark Zuckerberg’s sins, but where’s the beef in cinematic terms?
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Jeffrey Wells writes the film website ‘Hollywood Elsewhere.’
‘The Social Reckoning’ revisits Mark Zuckerberg’s sins, but where’s the beef in cinematic terms?
By JEFFREY WELLS
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Despite the best efforts of Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, Michael Showalter’s thriller is a parade of cheap teases.
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There’s a compelling story to be told about NBC’s ‘To Catch a Predator,’ but this biopic turns it into a hit job on a white-haired boomer.
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The actress-director once again makes a film about innocents tormented by evil wartime forces — but to what end?
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The 83rd Venice Film Festival has been energized by Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic ‘Wild Horse Nine’ and Danny Boyle’s breathless tabloid tale ‘Ink.’
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The present political landscape has enhanced the 37th American president’s profile, memorably captured in the famous 1977 interview series.
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It is ironic that David Kittredge’s documentary about one of Hollywood’s greatest artistic and commercial failures is itself so insightful and compassionate.
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Liberal movie critics are already taking exception to the politics of Cristian Mungiu’s brilliant movie about a religious family living in Norway whose children get removed by the state.
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A government mandate restricting sex to married couples, with one annual exception, is only the first of this film’s many confusions.
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A cinematic take on the late, great TV chef shrinks its larger-than-life subject by inexplicably giving him 1980s serial killer vibes.
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The fashion, style, and tone of Michael Mann’s 1986 thriller reek of musty ’80s antiquity, and this new version adds little to the original.
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Unlike elitist critics, ordinary filmgoers are starting to label Sir Christopher Nolan’s hit epic confusing and underwhelming.
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