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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by randall[/i] [br]As the lights came up after tonight's FSLC preview screening, my guest -- not Ms. Randall this evening -- said, "You gotta admit: [url="http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?id=22140"]Redford's still got it![/url]" And so I do. Not only another remarkable directorial job, he's on camera too, and very effectively. (1)Tom Cruise is a remarkably charming U.S. Senator granting an interview to broadcast journalist Meryl Streep. Although nobody uses the R-word, Cruise is clearly a member of the ruling party, has the ear of the Prez, and is spearheading a new kind of strategy in Afghanistan: small patrols to surgically pick off "Tallys," to get the American people a "win." He wants her to spread the word. "When do you start?" she asks. "About ten minutes ago." (2)College political science professor Robert Redford [you wish this had been your professor, unless you were lucky enough to actually have one like him] has a special heart-to-heart with a promising but slacking student. (3)One of the Afghanistan patrols on Cruise's new mission undergoes fire from a position that was judged to be clear. Two grunts ditch and are pinned down. As we soon discover, they have a previous relationship with the Redford character. We spin among these three parallel stories, which except for a flashback or two may even be unfolding in real time -- I'll have to watch a second time to make sure. To Redford's great credit, all political points of view of this Mess-opotamia are heard. Drama comes from the most unlikely spots. It is gut-wrenching, and completely recognizable from recent headlines. Do not dare miss this one. [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.