reviews
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RWD reviews Truth
TRUTH : a Sony Classics newsroom drama dealing with the 2004 CBS ’60 Minutes’ Report investigating Pres. George W Bush’s military service that ended up costing veteran newsman Dan Rather his job, starring Cate Blanchett as Mary Mapes the determined TV producer who wouldn’t be shaken off the trail.
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RWD reviews The Lady In The Van
Imagine an even grander version of the Dowager Countess of Grantham who has fallen on hard times and now is a homeless bag woman as that is exactly how Maggie Smith is in this delightful British comedy based on a mostly true story. It’s a tour-de-force performance that sadly didn’t get the Oscar Nomination for…
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Joseph Wilson : Drag is my Ecstacy
A couple of months ago we stumbled upon a extraordinary and wonderfully exhilarating short movie called “Stance” about ‘drag boxing’ which was set in a Working Men’s Club in London. It literally blew our fishnets off. It was made by Joseph Wilson a 27 year-old Brit filmmaker who is one of the leading figures in…
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RWD reviews barbara
Roger reviews Christian Petzold’s 2012 thriller set in Cold-War Germany in 1980 that reunited him with actress Nina Hoss. The movie was Germany’s Official Submission for a Best Foreign Film Oscar that year.
