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Film Review: “Truth”

The gripping directorial debut of screenwriter James Vanderbilt, “Truth” tackles the story behind the controversial 2004 “60 Minutes” segment that effectively ended the career of veteran CBS anchorman Dan Rather. Fresh off breaking the Abu Ghraib story, CBS producer Mary Mapes (an excellent Cate Blanchett) is looking for a new story to add to her […]

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Film Review: “A Walk in the Woods”

Adapted from travel writer Bill Bryson’s 1998 memoir, “A Walk in the Woods” follows Bryson (Robert Redford) as he teams up with his estranged buddy, Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte), to hike the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail. Along the way, the pair reconnect, meet colorful characters, and learn some vaguely life-affirming lessons about nature and getting older. […]

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“The Company You Keep”

Despite the passage of time and age, the fading of memory, no matter how many horrors blight the last several decades, the Vietnam War still haunts the American soul. It remains one of those exclusively American tragedies, a wound that may never heal, still a source of anger, guilt, and blame. Robert Redford’s new movie, […]

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