and reasons for the Great Recession are still in place. The rich get incredibly richer and the poor, basically everyone else, is just grist for the mill. Sometimes even unpopular rich people are grist for the mill. Like Eliot Spitzer, who, after his success as a prosecutor charging bankers for fraud became New York Governor. It is implied that Wall Street orchestrated his downfall. They’re busy right now orchestrating everyone else’s downfall.
The Fighter Oscar winning true story of half brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund and Micky’s rise as a pro fighter. The film highlights how family can be both toxic and inspiring. Great story, well written, well directed with some exceptional performances from pros and amateurs alike. Mark Walberg was overshadowed by award winning Bale and Leo but he turns in one of his most understated performances. No one else could have played Micky Ward. This film aims to be Rocky but goes beyond by hitting touchstones such as On the Waterfront and Raging Bull as well. Probably the best staged fights put to film.
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spizter One of the people who went after Wall Street bankers for derivatives fraud, insurance fraud and executive over compensation and tried make changes was Eliot Spitzer. I’m not a subscriber to conspiracy theories but here is a carefully told case of how powerfully placed businessmen and Republicans within the FBI used considerable federal resources to uncover Eliot Spitzer’s use of high end prostitutes. Strangely, two senior Republican representatives were confirmed to also have used the same prostitution ring have not resigned, yet a Democratic Governor was forced to. This is a story of Private Investigators, misuse of power, the compartmentalization of identity, and misdeeds of men that just makes you shake your head in disbelief. An incredibly wealthy trio of businessmen seemingly pulled the strings to avenge a politician who chipped their armor of hubris, namely Dick Grasso (former CEO of the SEC who made hundreds of millions of dollars as head of what was 157