Tag: jessica chastain
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Molly’s Game
Aaron Sorkin sits down in the director’s chair for Molly’s Game, the story of a former Olympic hopeful who built a massive underground poker ring. If you watch TV or movies, you’ve likely seen something by Aaron Sorkin. His witty, quotable dialogue, as well as techniques such as his trademark “walk-and-talk” (which follows two characters…
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A Most Violent Year
New York City was a scary place in 1981. A Most Violent Year uses that as the gritty backdrop for a minor family crime saga. Back when my wife was my girlfriend, I went on a trip with her and her family to New York City. We had taken the train from Montreal, getting off…