Sunday, January 28, 2018

February pick: The Post



Sorry if any Movie Club members have already seen The Post, but no new movies we'd be likely to enjoy will arrive in time for our February 6th outing. So our best choice is a film that's been out for two or three weeks. I'm sure it'll be a treat - especially for anyone who remembers the real-life 1971 incidents on which the movie is based.

We'll see The Post at the Yonge/Dundas Cineplex on Tuesday, February 6, for the 1:50 screening - which means we'll try to arrive about 20 minutes earlier. I will hover near the box office until it's time to go in. As always, if you don't spot me or any other Movie Club members, just go in and see the movie on your own.

SYNOPSIS: An American political thriller set in 1971 and directed by Steven Spielberg, The Post (the now-legendary Washington Poststars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. She plays Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major newspaper in the U.S. and he plays famed executive editor Ben Bradlee. Their unlikely partnership is at the heart of this true story about journalists attempting to publish classified documents known as the Pentagon Papers. It was a stunning expose of the 30-year cover-up of the U.S. government's involvement in the Vietnam War. The two lead characters struggle to overcome their differences as they risk their careers -- and their freedom -- to help bring long-buried truths to light.