Getting Buzzed – Cameron’s Return & Remaking a Classic

21 08 2009
James Cameron returns to sci-fi.
James Cameron returns to sci-fi.

Not a great amount of buzz this week, but the buzz that we have is big. Animated flick from Rob Zombie. Interesting docs — one on advertising and one from Michael Moore. A remake of a horror classic. And James Cameron’s return.
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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (2009) (***1/2)

21 08 2009
Check Out the Trailer
Check Out the Trailer

Inspired by the Judith Miller ordeal where she outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, writer/director Rob Lurie crafts a tense political thriller that argues the pros and cons of the freedom of the press versus national security. How far would you go to defend a principle?

Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale, SNOW ANGELS) is a reporter for the fictional Capitol Sun-Times. At her son’s soccer game she goes up to another soccer mom, named Erica Van Doren (Vera Farmiga, THE DEPARTED), a woman she only knows as the mom of another student. She tells Erica that in the morning she will be publishing an article that reveals that she is a CIA agent and that the article will be very embarrassing to the current administration. Van Doren is certainly not pleased.
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