September 2010 Cinemann Table of Contents 4 Summer Inception Movie Recap 6 Letter From the Editors 14 The Big C 8 Summer Television 15 Rent 10 The Emmy Awards Cinemann 2 Cinemann: Volume VI, Issue 1 Editors in Chief )--.#,"&0(1*,&./- 5.6&/,7$&,68(4/,&0/-! Andrew Demas !"#$%&!'#()*+%,-!.&,,%(#!'/%-! 9#(/&3!:*%,,&+&$/-!21%,&! 0)&!"&,$#1-! '/#+3&,-!;#<%=!>&*&+,$&%1-! Maggie Reinfeld .#()?!>+#(@6#1-!2?%A#%3! Senior Editors 2&"33(4/,&0/- B+&&1?#*6-!:&11&$$!C&33&+-! Matt Taub 23%(&!4#+#1$)-!5#6!4)++&,-! D)#/!E#+A*3%,-!.#F!G#3&H Alexandra Saali '/#+3&,!5/&++-!766#!58&($&+ @#+-!5#<#11#/!56%$/-!9#H (/&3!5%6&+@#H56%$/-!C&1+F! !"#$%&'()*+,-./ I#+=&+ !"#$%&'()&**"+ Letter From the EditorsDear Reader, Welcome back!! We are so thrilled to present you with WKHÀUVWLVVXHRICinemann,+RUDFH0DQQ·VÀOPDQGDUWV PDJD]LQH$V\RXVLIWWKURXJKWKHSDJHVZHKRSH\RX SOXQJHLQWRWKHMR\VRIWKLVVXPPHU·VPRYLHVDQGDUW ,QVLGH\RXZLOOÀQGDQDUUD\RIUHYLHZV%HJLQQLQJZLWK a look at summer’s highest grossing blockbusters, as ZHOODVLWVXQH[SHFWHGÁRSVZHZLOODOVREULQJ\RXXSWR GDWHZLWKUHYLHZVRIVXPPHUWHOHYLVLRQDQGWKHDWHUCin- emannGHOYHVLQWRKRZWKHLQQRYDWLYHSORWVRIWKHEULO- OLDQWO\FUDIWHG,QFHSWLRQDQGWKHUDXQFK\FRPHG\-HUVH\ 6KRUHKDYHWUDQVÀ[HGYLHZHUV&RPHG\VHHPHGWRUXOH at the 2010 Emmy Awards, and we are here to show you why. 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