Dec 23rd      
Bridge of Spies* (12A)      
(Vue Piccadilly)                          

(US 2015)

In 1957 an American insurance lawyer defends a Russian spy and later negotiates for his exchange with captured US pilot Gary Powers.
Slow-burner from Spielberg, a deliberately downplayed Cold War drama which suffers a little trying to expand the scope of its story, and then doesn't fill in enough details historically, but quietly compels in its absorbing scenes between Hanks and Mark Rylance.

Written by: Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen.
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Kireger.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Austin Stowell, Scott Shepherd, Alan Alda, Will Rogers, Dakin Matthews, Sebastian Koch.
Photography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: Thomas Newman.