modmove » The Post https://modmove.com Australian Entertainment and Popular Culture in Review Sat, 09 May 2026 16:22:25 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 The Post Movie Review https://modmove.com/reviews/the-post-movie-review/ https://modmove.com/reviews/the-post-movie-review/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:16:38 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=5926 From its high powered cast (director Steven Spielberg has a rolodex that runs deep) to its high powered story, The Post is a film from its time for our time. The relevance it shares with events of today is strong and the film’s dramatic structure plays out like a great conspiracy theory drama. This time it’s the US government telling the big lie.

Tom Hanks has never been better and his visually advancing age and gruff vocal delivery helps one to see him as less of a nice guy and more as a down and dirty fighter. There are great performances everywhere, though. Even the sadly under-utilised Sarah Paulson has a short but very impactful monologue that gives the film even more purpose to the slowly awakening world of women’s rightful place in society. It also highlights Spielberg’s not so hidden agenda.

 

 

If Hollywood has truly turned the corner on its solid past, then films like this with an overt message might become the norm. If the future holds drama of this caliber, then bring it on, because a message is always more impactful when it’s delivered with this level of commitment and craft.

Look at The Post as drama of the highest order first and message cinema second. And it’s not really giving anything away but Spielberg being Spielberg can’t help himself with a coda that reinforces his message at film’s end but this time out it’s a fantastic one.
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]]> https://modmove.com/reviews/the-post-movie-review/feed/ 0 Win a Double Pass to see The Post Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks! https://modmove.com/competitions/win-a-double-pass-to-see-the-post-starring-meryl-streep-and-tom-hanks/ https://modmove.com/competitions/win-a-double-pass-to-see-the-post-starring-meryl-streep-and-tom-hanks/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:13:39 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=5759 Thanks to eOne we have five double in season passes to giveaway to The Post!

Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg helms a powerhouse cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in THE POST, inspired by true events.

Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race against time to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers – and their very freedom – to help bring long-buried truths to light.

 

 

DIRECTED by Steven Spielberg and STARRING Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Alison Brie, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Bob Odenkirk, and Zach Woods – The Post is IN CINEMAS JANUARY 11!
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