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by Jaime Rebanal

The Social Network – Review

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Aaron Sorkin’s scripts, for how much cleverness they incorporate through their wording, can also carry a flair of being too in love with the pen. With the right filmmaker, however, something more arises in order to really show how clever they actually can be and the furthest that they have ever managed to reach was in 2010 when David Fincher released The Social Network, a film recounting the events that led to the creation of one of the most used websites in recent history (arguably the most used and most common social media website in that regard). In spite of some obvious contrivances with actuality, the film’s relevance has only managed to grow.

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by Jaime Rebanal

Trolls – Review

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More along the lines of feeling unsure what even to really say about this one. On one hand I didn’t particularly expect much given my general dislike of DreamWorks Animation (of their 33 features and the 31 that I have seen thus far, I liked eight) and the fact Trolls was based on a toy line, I was sure that they were setting themselves up for failure but to my own surprise, Trolls turned out far better than I would have suspected. I’ve given DreamWorks Animation so many chances over the years and after trudging through many forgettable stories and the occasional higher ground in terms of quality, Trolls just as always falls in the former.

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