State of Play (2009)
My friend, Ron said that this was a good movie. Russell Crowe is a rude newspaper journalist and Ben Affleck is a slimy politico. Both are trying to expose a giant corporate corruption scheme in their own ways. The editing is excellent and the newsroom footage is authentic. This movie does a good job of exploring the current plight of print journalism versus the internet blog. What is the real mission of the city news organization: truth or profits? This may be one of the last movies to show a newsroom (Washington Post) in the present and not as a historical flashback. No animals were injured in the making of this movie. [JAM 4/18/2009]