“It’s Called ‘Shining’”– Room 237 Review
The Shining is one of my all-time favorite horror films. Ever since my parents cruelly had me watch it as a young child (maybe around the age of seven or so–and yes, they covered my eyes during scenes...
View ArticleS1E8, The Blackout Part One – Comic Timing
As I continue the watch The Newsroom, I’m starting to realize that even though McAvoy, MacKenzie, Jim, Sloan and the rest of the News Night team are trying to do amazing things for the worlds of live...
View ArticleOrdinary People In Extraordinary Situations – The Insider Review
Imagine a well-written, fully-arced show like The Newsroom (the parts that focus on the conflict between legitimate investigative journalism and station bureaucracy, at least) with a focus placed on...
View ArticleS1E9, The Blackout Part Two – The Great Debates
McAvoy and MacKenzie’s relationship is slowly leading towards either a total make-up or complete disintegration, Don is finally getting the message about how Maggie feels for Jim, Neal and Sloan have...
View Article99% Certainty Is Not Foolproof
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are two super sly newscasters. They know exactly how the American people feel and what they want, they can play to just about any group or audience while basing...
View ArticleTV Journalism In Its Prime, Filmmaking Not So Much – Good Night, And Good...
I’d like to make this clarification right off the bat: as a historically accurate representation of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow’s quest to expose Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communism...
View ArticleS1E10, The Greater Fool – Good Night, And Hire Her
In the finale of it’s first season, The Newsroom’s two sides come full circle. The first side of the show revolves around the emotional, mental and physical relationships between office couples (mainly...
View ArticleWho’s Sponsoring What, and Why?
In January 2009, BioShock 2 released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Both a sequel and prequel to the original BioShock in a single player story and multiplayer story, respectively, fans across...
View Article“We Told the News”– The Newsroom Season One Reflection
I worked in a newsroom once. Only it was called “The War Room” in my case. It wasn’t for a televised news show like Atlantis Cable News, but for the Queens Chronicle, the most widely read and...
View ArticleMore Than Great Legs – Sloan Sabbith Character Study
If there’s one character that really stands out to me on Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, it’s Sloan Sabbith. Played by the devilishly gorgeous Olivia Munn, Sloan is the only female character that has a...
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