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December 30, 2013

Is ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Real? My Stratton Oakmont Story

In this “Take Two Video,” I spend 40 seconds telling my own firsthand account of the boiler room operations of Stratton Oakmont from back in ’97. This was a time when I served as a SEC Staffer. Pretty funny story (from a lawyer’s perspective)…

Here is an interesting review of “The Wolf of Wall Street” from someone who used to be a boiler room broker…

Best Movies in 2013? My Take

Here’s the best movies list from the Washington Post – and here are reviews from Nell Minow (who doubles as ‘Movie Mom’ when she isn’t a governance guru). I didn’t see all that many movies this year as I am picky about what I see. But I do think that “The Way Way Back” should be on the “best of” lists and that “Dallas Buyer’s Club” and “Mud” should have been near the top. “Frances Ha” and “Nebraska” were fine – but both were not “Top 20” worthy. And something about “Her” scares me and you couldn’t pay me to go…

– Broc Romanek