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Facebook Hits the Big Screen

www.circus-themovie.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:55:59 +0000

The youth of today no longer print out pictures and make photo albums or call friends to invite them to a party. In fact the word friend has even taken on a whole new meaning. All of this has changed because of Facebook. What was once a social network geared towards college students, today, Facebook attracts users from as young as elementary school to technically-inclined octogenarians. Though social networks are a dime a dozen in today’s internet-infatuated society, none can claim the cultural changes that Facebook has brought about. Considering that it is only 6 years old yet has totally revolutionized global culture, there is obviously a remarkable story to be told. And now, Sony Pictures has bought the rights to this piece of history.Directed by David Fincher, The Social Network will hit theaters on October 1^st. The movie will tell the story of the Facebook co-founders. The film will focus on the journey of co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University who originally came up with the Facebook concept. This year 26-year-old Zuckerberg became the world’s youngest billionaire with an estimated net wealth of 4 billion. During the early days of Facebook, Zuckerberg faced a number of obstacles, both legal and personal. Zuckerberg will be played by Jesse Eisenberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin will be played by Joseph Mazello and Andrew Garfield. Justin Timberlake will also star in the movie, playing the role of Sean Parker, the president of Facebook. With the tagline “you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies,” we certainly see the makings of a dramatic recounting of the early days of this social revolution.

Inception: Better Than We Ever Dreamed it Would be

www.circus-themovie.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:26:16 +0000

After a summer sitting through mediocre and even disappointing movies, Christopher Nolan finally brought us a summer hit worth going to see. Overall this year has been marked be unoriginal ideas, remakes, and of course, 3D. But to the pleasant surprise of all in attendance, Inception delves into a topic that is been largely untouched by filmmakers; the ever-elusive world of dreams. While this film could be categorized as Sci-Fi, the fictional aspect of the movie was still within our grasp of reality. Better put, you are left wondering if there is actually truth to be found in this concept of the dream state.The main character, Dominique Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is both someone you do not envy, yet can truly relate to. Through his work exploring the human mind during the dream state and learning to extract information from a person’s dream, Cobb has lost everything he loved. Though he goes about it in a more unconventional way, most of us can relate to the feeling of helplessness as you try desperately to cling to someone you have lost, in whatever way you can. His skill in extracting dreams has made him a highly sought after mind criminal and Cobb is tasked with the ultimate challenge in exchange for getting back to his family. This time it is not extraction, but inception. He must implant an idea into someone’s mind, a task perceived by many to be impossible. Stellar performances by DiCaprio and costars Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt along with impressive graphics and action create a movie that captures your attention for the full 2 and a half hours. This is one of those movies that you don’t simply see the credit screen roll, leave and never think of it again. At the end of watching this movie in a theater full of people, you could hear the chatter of every couple or group of friends discussing and taking guesses as to what really happened. I’ll probably go see it again just to try and better understand everything, because by the end everything you thought you knew is called into question and you are left wondering what is real and what is only a dream.

Independent Movie Spotlight: Never Let Me Go

www.circus-themovie.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:16:31 +0000

Three children grow up together in what appears to be an English-boarding school. As they grow up they began to gain some understanding that something about their lives, this place, is not normal. Told through the eyes of Kathy H, we watch as the three try to understand the love they feel for one another and how to face the future they are bound to. The school where they are raised is actually a breeding ground for clones, created only to provide organ transplants. However, there appears to be some exception made if two individuals are “verifiably” in love. The trouble is there seems to be a unique, unbreakable love triangle between Kathy, Ruth and Tommy.This film is based on the best-selling novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was named the best novel of 2005 by Time magazine and received an ALA Alex Award. Never Let Me Go is set to release October 1st of this year in select cities. In addition to the well-known Keira Knightley, who plays Ruth, two upcoming talented actors will be starring in this film. Main character and narrator Kathy H., will be played by Carey Mulligan. This 25-year-old British actress jumped onto the scene with her performance in the 2009 hit An Education. She also stars in the upcoming Oliver Stone film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to the 1987 film, Wall Street. Another budding star, Andrew Garfield, takes to the screen as the leading male role of Tommy. Garfield also stars in the highly-anticipated, upcoming film, The Social Network, where he plays the role of Eduardo Saverin, one of the co-founders of Facebook.Addressing one of the biggest social controversies of our time, this film is sure to be a heart-wrenching tale of love, death, and humanity.