This biopic about Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter in the 1940s, was good but not amazing for mine.
Bryan Cranston plays Trumbo, a man brimming with eccentricities who was blacklisted in Hollywood for being a Communist. After spending time in the clink for his troubles, he emerges unable to work but desperate to keep writing and make a living. He finds a creative way to do this which I won't spoil.
Helen Mirren is predictably excellent as famous gossip columnist at the time, Hedda Hopper.
If you get to the movies a lot, you could certainly put this in the mix, but otherwise maybe just catch it when it comes out online/on DVD.
It's getting mixed reviews. From this glowing one in the Boston Globe to this not so hot one in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Trailer here. In cinemas Thursday 18 February.