Aside from canonizing its subject -- especially in the excruciating bookends -- ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ is crackling, sharp, and outraged fun
Twitter Review: Charlie Wilson’s War
13 Jun 2010
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Posted by Culture Snob on Sunday, June 13, 2010.
Filed in Movies, Tweets and tagged Aaron Sorkin (1), Books Into Film (16), Charlie Wilson (1), Charlie Wilson's War (1), Mike Nichols (3).
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