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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government - IMDB Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Liz Hannah & Josh Singer Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Sarah Paulson, Tracy Letts, Bruce Greenwood, Jesse Plemons, David Cross and many more. In Cinemas: January 11th. Even though Steven Spielberg’s latest film The Post  is set in the 1970s, it carries two important lessons still highly relevant today: protecting the rights of the press, and the importance of gender equality. Despite not being an overly subtle affair, I couldn’t resist the inherent charm of this film. From a certain corrupt Mayor of Amity Island to the meddling shadowy government figures in Bridge of Spies, ; Spielberg has often taken aim at those in power. Yes, they make for easy-cookie-cutter villains. But maybe that’s beca...

Famous Trekkers This year marks Star Trek 's 50th anniversary and, to make it even better, the new Star Trek Beyond is hitting cinemas at the same time. Whether or not you're a major fan, the Star Trek power reaches far across the galaxy and even many of our favourite celebrities are Trekkers. Star Trek Beyond flies at warp speed into cinemas on July 21, don’t miss it, these celebs won't! Live long and prosper. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Believe it or not, The Rock was a character on the sixth season of Star Trek Voyager in a crossover between the show and WWF Smackdown. It wasn't very popular but boy, did Johnson look hilarious in his space get up. He played a holographic Pendari man versing Seven and, no surprise here, he won. Daniel Craig When he's not busy playing James Bond, Daniel Craig is secretly pining for a role on Star Trek which he confessed in an interview with World Entertainment News Network! H...

I came away from Saving Mr. Banks in state of absolute calm. Possibly because the message I took from it is that as a studio, Disney seems to be interested once again in just telling stories. It’s a smaller scale film which boldly wears its Disney-shaped heart on its sleeve. The film looks at both the making of Mary Poppins and the events of author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) life which moulded the iconic story. Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) is taking his final shot at wooing P.L. Travers in order to obtain the rights to adapt her story into the classic film that we all know and love (well, you better damn well love). Ms Travers is concerned that her story will be completely destroyed by the process and is hell-bent on rejecting all advances made her way. It’s during this rocky courtship that Travers starts to reflect on her own life and why she is clinging so tightly to her characters. The film is essentially told through two narratives that we flit between by way of flashback...

I’ve always loved films which are set upon the high seas. There’s an ever-present danger and unpredictability to the ocean which adds weight to the drama and reminds us of how small we are in comparison to the vast foreboding landscape. With that in mind, Captain Phillips is a perfectly-executed tension-filled tort hostage film. Directed by Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum) the film is based upon the 2008 kidnapping of American Captain Richard Phillips by Somali Pirates. I was concerned that knowing the outcome of the story would have an adverse effect on my experience; however it seemed to raise the stakes for me. The film superbly blends elements of heist, hostage and action films with a bleak cynical look at world economics.