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Movie: The Trial of the Chicago 7

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. [more inside]
posted by nubs on Oct 22, 2020 - 11 comments

Movie: The Social Network

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, The Zuck is the youngest billionaire in history... "but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications". Fantastic score by Trent Reznor, fantastic 10 first minutes
posted by growabrain on Jun 5, 2020 - 14 comments

Movie: A Few Good Men

Truth, not handled. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 12, 2018 - 17 comments

Movie: Steve Jobs

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.
posted by pitrified on Oct 25, 2015 - 7 comments

The Newsroom: What Kind of Day Has it Been  Season 3, Ep 6

In the series finale, the newsroom staff attends Charlie Skinner's funeral. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Dec 15, 2014 - 21 comments

The Newsroom: Oh Shenandoah  Season 3, Ep 5

Jim and Maggie fly to Russia to attempt to get seats on Edward Snowden's flight to Havana. Will spends 52 days in jail. Sloan butts heads with Neal's replacement. Don does a pre-interview with a college student who started a website allowing people to anonymously accuse others of rape. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Dec 8, 2014 - 11 comments

The Newsroom: Contempt  Season 3, Ep 4

Will continues to refuse to reveal the source of the leaked documents. Jim and Hallie fight over journalistic ethics. Charlie and Sloan try to find a "white knight" buyer to purchase ACN in lieu of Pruit. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Dec 1, 2014 - 16 comments

The Newsroom: Main Justice  Season 3, Ep 3

The Newsroom team faces off with the FBI and DOJ, while AWM seeks to spin off ACN to prevent the hostile takeover. The EPA story set up in last week's episode ends unexpectedly. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 24, 2014 - 11 comments

The Newsroom: Run  Season 3, Ep 2

Reese, Charlie, and Leona confront Reese's half siblings over the hostile takeover, while Neal, the producers, and the lawyer Rebecca Halliday argue about what to do with the the classified document trove and Neal's source. Don and Sloan argue about their relationship status after Don purchases stock on an inadvertent tip from Sloan before she reports it. Hallie tweets an in-poor-taste joke from the ACN twitter account and gets faces the fallout. Maggie overhears an EPA administrator on the train back from Boston. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 17, 2014 - 5 comments

The Newsroom: Boston  Season 3, Ep 1

The Newsroom's third (and final) season opens with a story based around the Boston Marathon bombing coverage. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 10, 2014 - 4 comments

The Newsroom: The 112th Congress  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 3

"What is this meeting?" "Is it News 101?" "To artificially hype the threat of a bomb? You're confusing it with Douchebaggery 101!" [more inside]
posted by axiom on Aug 13, 2014 - 3 comments

The Newsroom: We Just Decided To  Rewatch   Season 1, Ep 1

Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world? It's not... but it can be. Season 3 starts "Fall 2014" which is... soonish. I suggest a rewatch, starting at S1E01. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Aug 6, 2014 - 6 comments

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