Starz Studios: Life As We Know It / The Social Network / Secretariat (2010)

This 12-min Starz Studios featurette is much more interesting than usual. First, it can afford to give 1.5 to 2.25 min to each movie because it only presents us with seven: The Social Network, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Inside Job, Nowhere Boy, Tamara Drewe, Life As We Know It, and Secretariat. Second, the material we see is more coherent and lends greater insight into each movie than usual. Currently the top movie on my personal must-see list, The Social Network impressed me even more as a gotta-see film after catching this featurette. Shia Labeouf holds forth with great insight about Wall Street 2 but several Michael Douglas scenes push this movie even higher on my must-see list. Showing in limited release, Inside Job is a timely and chilling indictment about the lack of criminal convictions against the financial industry that has hijacked the American political system. Nowhere Boy is a biographical drama about the birth of The Beatles and looks quite interesting. Tamara Drewe moved slightly higher on my wish list thanks to this featurette. Life As We Know It appeals to me but this featurette didn't enhance that interest. Secretariat, however, has now raced ahead to the the top of my family must-see list since it is about exceptional faith and courage. 4 stars.