This weekends newspapers had something in common - not just the slamming of Craig Levein - all had one mans face strewn across them. The man I refer to is Justin Timberake.
The all-singing, all-dancing tour de force is now all-acting too (and apparently not too shabby) in eagerly anticipated new film The Social Network.
Big JT's name has undoubtedly elevated this film in terms of international press status, but as we all know attaching a famous name to film can be a danger, especially when that name also belonged to the credits of the boak-worthy Mickey Mouse Club.
We need only think of ANY film Madonna has ever made (Evita aside, she was allowed to sing in that one) to be horrifically reminded that singers make terrible actors, turning the best script into a festering turd of a film, so really director David Fincher was taking a risk in allowing Justin to participate in to his latest offering. But alas, if reviews are anything to go by we need not worry, he may just be an exception to that rule.
Timberlake, playing Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, is in good company with Jesse Eisenberg playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, another brainbox behind Facebook. This adaptation of Ben Mezrich's 2009 nonfiction book "The Accidental Billionaires" tells the tale of internet social networking phenomenon Facebook, and promises geeks, betrayal and big bucks!
As I sit with my Facebook account open on another tab, and the trailor having just taken over my tv to the tune of Kanye's pounding beats "No one man should have all that pow-er?!", I can't help let the geek in me take over.
"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies" - let's hope it lives up to the hype!
Watch this space for a scathing review :-)
The Social Network
Carlin's other October "Must Sees":
- Mr Nice
- The Town
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