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Film review — WarGames

A ‘teen’ movie that only features two teens (played by 20-year-olds, so almost) and is mostly built around a cadre of military men of advancing age debating the ins and outs of computer-assisted warfare. Because that’s what the kids really want. Also, I can’t help but think about how Aaron Swartz got hounded to his suicide because he downloaded some journal articles, so just imagine what they’d do to the likes of Matthew Broderick’s phone-phreaking hacker today. ★★★

Cross-posted from Letterboxd