After her friend is seemingly radicalised by Facebook, Francis Haugen (Mikey Madison) - a mid-level engineer with the company - begins looking at radical content on the platform. But when her bosses prove to be uninterested in the troubling data she finds, Francis reluctantly turns to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), who is investigating the social network's effects on society. As a fan of both The Social Network  and Aaron Sorkin, I was both uncertain and excited at the prospect of a follow-up. On the one hand, another movie from the master of snappy dialogue and the 'walk and talk' is always welcome. His optimistic takes on important institutions, as well as his recreations of historical events always prove to be gripping, almost intoxicating affairs - even when you have little or no interest in the subject matter. I thoroughly enjoyed Moneyball , despite my lack of interest in the sport it revolves around. But how do you follow up what is g...

Firstly, I should probably point out that up until recently the high-kicking 1989 cult classic has eluded me - or maybe it was me eluding it. Who knows? Anyway, seeing that Doug Liman and Jake Gyllenhaal have taken it upon themselves to remake Road House  and put a 21st century spin on solving every problem by kicking, I figured; 'why not make it a double feature?' View the two movies for the first time one after the other and see how they measure up.  Naturally I took the chronological approach, starting with the original movie and then moving on to the remake. Watching this cult classic for the first time, I was struck by how much it feels like a feature length episode of The A-Team . Typical 80's good guy arrives in town, where he comes to blows with the rich guy/your typical A-Team  bad guy who thinks he owns the place. Seriously, stick that famous opening monologue on the beginning and have Patrick Swayze's 'Dalton' build some weird weapon from parts acquir...