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I’m sick of smug celebrities on the podcast circuit. No wonder there’s a fuss when someone speaks the truth | Imogen West-Knights
Source: The Guardian · Published
It was so refreshing to hear Aaron Sorkin admit he was bad at parts of directing after his movie flop. If only others could be as frank By most accounts, Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Social Reckoning , a follow-up to his 2010 smash-hit The Social Network, is a flop. The film critic Mark Kermode’s response to seeing it was that Sorkin, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest living…
Key points
- It was so refreshing to hear Aaron Sorkin admit he was bad at parts of directing after his movie flop.
- If only others could be as frank By most accounts, Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Social Reckoning , a follow-up to his 2010 smash-hit The Social Network, is a flop.
- The film critic Mark Kermode’s response to seeing it was that Sorkin, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest living…
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