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Two brothers try to keep their start-up financial company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, the month before 9/11. source

We had the opportunity to attend an advance screening and here is our movie review. Josh plays a dotcom millionaire who falls hard after the internet bubble bursts at his company Landshark.com. We think the story would have worked better if the story arc showed more success and balanced it with the Land Shark CEO’s failures. Josh Hartnett fans won’t be disappointed if they want to see some Josh beefcake. Josh is shirtless several times in the movie to show off his tattoos and even has an intense love scene. Josh also flashes some skin when he’s bending over to prepare dinner for a date. Josh has several monologue scenes to show everyone he has got the internet startup lingo down. We recommend this film if you want to watch Josh Hartnett and have to see his movies. However, one of our favorite Dot-umentary films about the internet bust was the documentary “Start Up.Com”. This fascinating cinema verite movie directed by Chris Hegedus and Harvard alum Jehane Noujaim follows the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com. What works in this film is we cared about best friends Kalil Izaza Tuzman and Tom Herman. Unfortunately, there aren’t any likeable characters in the movie August for anyone to feel compassion for when the company is bankrupt. Click here to read the full movie review.
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