Film review: ‘BOMBSHELL’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Bombshell, which dramatises the events surrounding the 2016 sexual harassment suit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, presents a potent, if occasionally unfocused, indictment of the misogyny underpinning much of society as well as a clever, witty and surprisingly energetic dissection of right-wing political media. The film is set amid the chaotic fervour of the 2016 presidential race, where a

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Film review: TRUMBO, from ‘Built For Speed’

The flawed but fascinating Trumbo from Austin Powers director Jay Roach will be essential viewing for anyone interested in the history of cinema and 20th century anti-communist paranoia. The film traces the life of famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) who scripted, among many films, Spartacus and academy award winners Roman Holiday and The Brave One. At the peak

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