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 Like the saying goes, don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.  This production telling the story of how one of the greatest films of our time got made might not be completely historically accurate but it is still a great thrill ride from beginning to end.  They have their fun and explore some fun 'what ifs' with the situation and keep their humour throughout, even with suit executives breathing down their necks with their unwavering ideas of what a movie should be. And here we have Burn Gorman and Colin Hanks portraying those grim faced people - Charles Bluhdorn and Barry Lapidus respectively. It can't be easy being the constant naysayers but these two really do measure up. Every key part of the film which we now recognise as being essential to the overall greatness was fought tooth and nail over and we're glad that they did. Al Ruddy (portrayed by Miles Teller) and Francis Ford Coppola, here portrayed by Dan Fogler, were battling every day to get the m...

 Hollywood does love a good story. But when someone is feeling brave enough to hold up a mirror - or in this case, Dorian Grey's portrait, you better have not just a good story, but a real story with the skill to pull it off.  It's not just a movie to entertain, the people behind this film had a very real responsibility to tell it right and honour those brave people who were able to come forward and put their names and careers on the line. Brad Pitt, who doesn't appear in the film, is credited as one of the executive producers. No one is messing about here. And the makers behind She said definitely brought their considerable best to the table. It's based on real events, real journalism - the kind we thought had been consigned to the history books, proper investigative reporting of the systemic abuse in Hollywood, that had far reaching effects in every other industry.  Megan Twohey and Jody Kantor are real women, and one of the many things that this film did really well,...