Alex Borstein

This film was a real treat, with Strathairn's dead-on performance as legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow a sure bet for at least an Oscar nomination. Perhaps the best decision by writer-director George Clooney was to cast no one in the role of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Instead, Clooney uses actual footage of McCarthy in the HUAC hearings and press conferences. Movies based on actual historical events often sensationalize events, but the extensive use of documentary footage brings home the reality of this movie's story line. In addition to Strathairn's best performance to date, the entire cast delivers, from Clooney himself as Murrow's producer Fred Friendly, to Frank Langella as CBS chairman William Paley, to Ray Wise as the insecure anchorman Don Hollenbeck. If there is a weak point in the cast, it is Jeff Daniels, who was given little to do in the role of news director Sig Mickelson and did little with it. As most people today are acquainted with the 1950s through black-and-white images, the decision to film in black-and-white also feels appropriate, and helps the documentary footage to blend in seamlessly with the filmed actors. I strongly recommend this film to those who lived through the McCarthy era and to those, such as myself, who only have witnessed it in the rear view mirror.

Following the travesty that was "The Ugly Truth" last year, Katherine Heigl and director Robert Luketic collaborate for their next film "Killers" alongside Ashton Kutcher. Like the former, this film fails miserably. Heigl and Kutcher share no chemistry with each other in this action romance comedy. The film didn't earn back its $75 million budget as it grossed only $47 million in ticket #!@%*#. Avoid seeing this mess.

...would be the only reason this thing doesn't get the WOOF! Berry, of course, looks fantastic. The rest is a crappy story, lame CGI, and a groan a minute.