“I Mean…What?!?” – Abe Gurko

Say what you want, but I am convinced that the reason The Social Network is winning Best Film at all the awards shows, as it will for the Oscars, is because Hollywood is indirectly putting their hand out to Mark Zuckerberg for future film financing. The subliminal message is: “We’ll help you rebuild your character since the movie shows what an unlikeable guy you really are, but it will cost you.” The Social Network is definitely a good movie, but Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg is such a nudnik, that it made it hard for me to fall in love with… Read More »

Lucky for me, I get to see movies before they are released and this has been quite a week for screenings. Starting with Black Swan, a movie so exhausting, it felt like a spinning class. So much of why I like Black Swan has everything to do with Natalie Portman‘s performance and Mila Kunis‘ presence in this film, cementing her as a really good actress. The focus though has to be on Natalie. We can cut to the Oscars now and the drama between giving the much deserved Best Actress award to Annette Bening for her great performance in The… Read More »