The River Wild

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The River Wild

Curtis Hanson

19941 h 51 min
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While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

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Title The River Wild
Director Curtis Hanson
Director of Photography Robert Elswit
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Runtime 1 h 51 min
Release Date 30 September 1994
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Starring: Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon, Benjamin Bratt, John C. Reilly, Joseph Mazzello, Stephanie Sawyer, William Lucking, Elizabeth Hoffman, Victor Galloway, Sherry Lynn

Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck.

George Clooney

20051 h 33 min
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George Clooney’s fact-based drama about the famous radio journalist Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

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Title Good Night, and Good Luck.
Director George Clooney
Director of Photography Robert Elswit
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Runtime 1 h 33 min
Release Date 16 September 2005
IMDb Id tt0433383
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Movie Rating Very good
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Starring: Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn, Alex Borstein, Rose Abdoo, Dianne Reeves, Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Matt Ross, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Tom McCarthy, Glenn Morshower, Don Creech, Grant Heslov, Robert John Burke, Ray Wise, Robert Knepper, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Frank Langella, Peter Jacobson

Good Night, and Good Luck feels almost like a documentary of real events from the 1950s. How stunning it must have been to watch TV journalist Edward Murrow and his confrontation with Senator Joseph McCarthy. It is a political film, but it doesn’t feel preachy. It is a spectacular movie about television and the role of media in the communication of the news. It should stand side by side with other classics like All the President’s Men, and Network.

Murrow, played chillingly by David Strathairn, was there at the dawn of television journalism and he cast a mold that all serious news reporters have tried to fill ever since. This film was nominated for Best Picture in 2006, and received five other nominations but criminally went home with nothing. George Clooney was Oscar nominated for his co-writing and direction, his portrayal of the CBS studio is made even more realistic by the film being entirely in black and white.

I am a skeptic by nature and I agree with the film’s premise that we must learn to question things. Television can be a tool in this cultural skepticism when real journalism is taking place, but everything from advertising to our own shrinking attention spans has turned television into just another entertainment device. As Murrow says at the end of the film,

There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference. This weapon of television could be useful. The instrument can teach, it can illuminate. Yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is merely lights and wires in a box.

The same could be said of the silver screen and the films that are produced by Hollywood. I’m glad that movies like Good Night and Good Luck still exist to do more than entertain but educate and enlighten.

The Bourne Ultimatum

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The Bourne Ultimatum

Paul Greengrass

20071 h 55 min
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Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

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Title The Bourne Ultimatum
Director Paul Greengrass
Director of Photography Oliver Wood
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Runtime 1 h 55 min
Release Date 3 August 2007
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Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramírez, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, Tom Gallop, Corey Johnson, Daniel Brühl, Joey Ansah, Colin Stinton, Dan Fredenburgh, Lucy Liemann, Bryan Reents, Arkie Reece, John Roberson, Russ Huards, Mark Bazeley, Sinead O'Keefe, Chucky Venice, Scott Adkins, Branko Tomovic, Laurentiu Possa, Trevor St. John, Albert Jones, Jeffrey Lee Gibson, Uriel Emil Pollack, Omar Hernandez, William H. Burns, Michael Wildman, Kai Martin, Michael Ahl, David Boston, Glynis Brooks, James Ciccone, Sebastian Feldman, Luis Mottola, Mark Mottram, James Schram, Brian Smyj, Paul Thornton, John Warman, Chris Wilson, Ben Youcef

Lincoln

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Lincoln

Steven Spielberg

20122 h 29 min
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A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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Title Lincoln
Director Steven Spielberg
Director of Photography Janusz Kaminski
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Runtime 2 h 29 min
Release Date 9 November 2012
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Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, Jared Harris, Bruce McGill, Walton Goggins, Tim Blake Nelson, Boris McGiver, Adam Driver, John Hawkes, Joseph Cross, Peter McRobbie, Gulliver McGrath, Gloria Reuben, Jeremy Strong, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Costabile, Stephen Spinella, Walton Goggins, David Warshofsky, Colman Domingo, Lukas Haas, Dane DeHaan, Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, Julie White, Byron Jennings, Richard Topol, Walter Smith, Dakin Matthews, Wayne Duvall, Bill Raymond, Drew Sease, John Hutton, Chase Edmunds, Gregory Itzin, John Lescault, Mike Shiflett, Gannon McHale, Ken Lambert, Thomas K. Belgrey, Mary Dunleavy, Armistead Wellford, Ted Johnson, Don Henderson Baker, Raynor Scheine, Todd Fletcher, Charles Kinney, Joseph Carlson, Michael Goodwin, Edward McDonald, Jim Batchelder, Gregory Hosaflook, Joe Kerkes, William Kaffenberger, Larry Van Hoose, C. Brandon Marshall, Christopher Boyer, S. Epatha Merkerson, Robert Shepherd, Grainger Hines, Skye Dennis