Aaron Sorkin

“Love & Monsters,” “The Trial Of The Chicago 7” Lead To A Good Time At The Movies!

Howdy folks! It’s The Kendog with a couple of recent releases to keep you entertained over this cold, rainy weekend. I’ve been off the movie review path for a week or so, and for that you have my apologies, but I think these two recent movies will put some spring in your cinematic step, as it were. The first is a really well done monster film called “Love And Monsters” starring Dylan O’Brian as a young man searching for his love during a monster apocalypse. The other is “The Trial Of The Chicago 7” a dramatization of the trial of the seven individuals charged with inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic convention. For different reasons, both films are entertaining and thought-provoking in equal measure.

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Dog’s Movie House: “Molly’s Game” Unfocused But Entertaining!

 

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Jessica Chastain As Molly Bloom In “Molly’s Game”

 

 

 

Aaron Sorkin is one of the most talented writers in entertainment.  He’s written scripts for such incredible films as “A Few Good Men” and “The Social Network” and was the creative mind behind the television hit “The West Wing.”  He’s never actually directed a film until now.  With “Molly’s Game” the true story of “Poker Princess” Molly Bloom, he gets to direct a radiant Jessica Chastain from his own script and the result is a highly entertaining, if slightly unfocused film.

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