Movie Matinee: J. Edgar

This 2011 film is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Leonardo Di Caprio, Naomi Watts, and Judi Dench. The film is a biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924-1972. The movie is R- rated for brief, strong language. 

As reviewed by Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times: 
"As a period biopic, "J. Edgar" is masterful. Few films span seven decades this comfortably. The sets, the props, the clothes, and details, look effortlessly right, and note how Eastwood handles the many supporting roles (some of them depicting famous people).

These minor characters are all to some degree relating to Hoover's formidable public image. As a person or as a character, he was a star of stage, screen, radio and print; he was said to have the goods on everyone. People tip-toed around him as they might have with Stalin.

It's a nice touch, the way Eastwood and DiCaprio create a character who seems to be a dead zone and make him electrifying in other actors' reaction shots."

Hot cocoa and popcorn will be offered or bring your own bagged lunch. 

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