Margin Call Movie Review

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Margin Call is a night in the life of a group of poor schmucks who work at multi-billion dollar investment firm. Set in the early stages of the 2008 crisis, the film revolves around the events following the discovery of an error in a predictive algorithm (or whatever) the company has been using to package stocks to trade as a single entity (or something). We enter the film on a downsizing day, … [Read more...]

Star Trek – Movie Review

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Star Trek takes rebooting a franchise to new extremes with a time travel twist that lays the groundwork for unfettered expansion.  It's an interesting move for a franchise now riddled with history, and one that lets us play with beginnings in a way that answers potential conflicts.     Star Trek opens by laying the frame for our villain, establishing where we are in time, and confusing … [Read more...]