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The Post (PG-13: 2017)

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The Post (PG-13: 2017)
~ PG-13 | 1 hour 56 minutes | Biography, Drama, History | 12 January 2018 (USA) ~
~ Director: Steven Spielberg; Writers: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer; Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson | See full cast & crew at IMDB. ~

A great film with a blast from the past in the Nixon era covering a pre-Wiki-Leaks drama and coming out of government secrets and cover-ups over the Vietnam War. The controversy spanned over four presidencies continuing to put soldiers at risk and death because of it. When the secret files were released to the Times and the Washington Post, the ordeal has Nixon taking the newspapers to the Supreme Court, fighting for the rights of freedom of the Press. The fight was unprecedented and a landmark in history for the U.S.A.’s first woman newspaper publisher. I thought it was very well done, informative, and great roles for Hanks and Streep who worked well together. A must-see. Eye-opening and awakening.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5. Review by Leaf McGowan/Thomas Baurley,   ~ at Tinseltown using Movie Pass.

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Across the Universe (2007: PG-13)

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Across the Universe
(2007: PG-13)
Director: Julie Taymor. Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, and many more.
One of the most visually stunning and musically mesmerizing movies I’ve ever seen … It’s one of the best musicals of our time! A masterpiece by director Julie Taymor as a revolutionary rock musical that re-images American during the turbulent late-1960’s era when the battle lines were drawn overseas and at home. It’s the story about a young dockworker named Jude (played by Jim Sturgess) who leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America during this crazy period of history. Jude falls in love with Evan Rachel Wood’s character “Lucy” for a true meaning of “Lucy in the stars like diamonds” who is a rich but sheltered American girl who is merging her life into the anti-war movement within New York City’s Greenwich Village. A stimulating visual trip through the Vietnam crisis, the draft, political tensions, and a psychedelic world has gone made blended together with a fantastical love story. It’s an amazing perspective of the time and crisis. Cameo by Bono in the film as well. One of the best films of this genre I’ve ever seen. Simply mind-blowing. Rated: 5 stars out of 5.