The Laundromat is Netflix’s upcoming drama that draws its inspiration from the 2015 Panama Papers leak. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Meryl Streep stars as an elderly widow digging into a fake insurance policy she unwittingly purchased. Her dogged investigation eventually leads her to the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca and its charismatic founders, Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas respectively).

The longer you live on earth, the more humanity disappoints you. Just when you think people couldn’t get any more corrupt or despicable, someone somewhere, most often in a high-powered position, finds a way of proving correct the phrase that power corrupts and you are left feeling sick in your mouth at where we are headed as a species.  Thankfully …

It was only a matter of time before a top Hollywood director looked into making a movie about the biggest data leak in history.

Well, I must be honest that I am actually quite impressed with how fast Hollywood is jumping at this one. It was inevitable that the Panama Papers scandal that caused a massive rift among the super-rich earlier this year was going to make its way into the movie world. However, I thought they would wait for the dust to settle …