Trumbo

— I streamed “Trumbo” last night and thought it was worth a viewing, particularly for anyone unfamiliar with the story since it’s a story that should be retold lest we forget or, worse, repeat it. It’s a nicely crafted film made special mostly because Bryan Cranston is excellent as Dalton Trumbo, one of the “Hollywood Ten” who appeared on the first Hollywood blacklist in 1947 and whose life and the lives of subsequent blacklisted artists were damaged during the late ‘40s and the 1950’s when they were barred from employment in most of the entertainment field after being identified as having ties to the Communist Party by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. It’s not going to make my list of top films, but it’s certainly a good watch just the same same.

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2015. 124 min. Directed by Jay Roach. Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., David James Elliott, and Michael Stuhlbarg,]
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/07/trumbo-review-bryan-cranston-hollywood-screenwriter-dalton-blacklisted