Bryan Cranston, whom you may remember as the star of “Breaking Bad,” stars in a movie about Dalton Trumbo, a Hollywood screen writer who was one of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten” in the 1950s. Trumbo was the screen writer for such films as “Exodus” and “Spartacus.”
We saw the movie tonight at the Pocono Cinema in Stroudsburg. I would like very much if movies like “Trumbo” came to Mahoning Theater, but they seldom do. Bruce, the manager at Mahoning, appreciates quality films and books them occasionally, but unfortunately Carbon County does not have great demographics for serious cinema.
If you can get “Trumbo” on Netflix or one of those streaming things, I recommend it. (I have no idea how to do that, which is why I often drive to movie theaters in Allentown or Stroudsburg.)
In “Trumbo” you will see how hysteria can lead to all sorts of injustices. You will also see just how craven John Wayne, Hedda Hopper, and Ronald Reagan really were. I really recommend this film. The scenes with John Goodman alone are worth the price of admission.
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