Review of Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) by Erik N — 07 Sep 2015

Another Alex Gibney doco that goes too long and covers too little.

This review of Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) was written by Erik N on 07 Sep 2015.

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine has generally received positive reviews.

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1/4/16 Netflix Nothing real new from what has already been written or filmed…

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