While everyone else in movie-viewing-land was lining up to see the new Star Wars movie, we went to "Bridge of Spies". We really liked it! Tom Hanks just does good movies - I don't know whether he makes every movie he is in better, or whether he only chooses to do good movies.
"Bridge of Spies" was based on a true story and set in the late 50s in the midst of the cold war with Russia. It was interesting to see the concern of folks that the Russians would be dropping a nuclear bomb on major US cities... and to compare to current fears of terrorism.
In the promos before the movie, there was a promo for "The Lady in the Van", a BBC production.
I just looked up the synopsis of the movie and found this:
"A big screen adaptation of writer Alan Bennett’s iconic and celebrated
memoir, directed by long-standing Bennett collaborator Nicholas Hytner. The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett
and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who
‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded
to live there for 15 years. Their unique story is funny, poignant and
life-affirming."
It seemed to me that it might be a popular movie for RVers... ;-)
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