The Ides of MarchWritten and directed by Academy Award winner George Clooney and starring Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March is an electrifying tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge. As up and coming press secretary Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) battles tirelessly for Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney) in a frantic election race he becomes distracted by sexy young intern Molly (Evan Rachel Wood). Whilst concealing their affair he agrees to meet the opposition's campaign manager (Paul Giamatti), who offers him a job on his staff. Stephen neglects to inform his boss... of the meeting and as his silence is revealed he discovers a dirty personal secret that could sink Morris' political career. State of PlayOscar winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in this blistering thriller about a rising congressman (Ben Affleck) and an investigative journalist, Cal McCaffrey (Crowe), embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Congressman Collins is the rising star of his political party - until his mistress is murdered, and buried secrets come tumbling out. Having been assigned the story by his editor (Oscar winner Helen Mirren), Cal and his partner Della (Rachel McAdams) step into a cover-up that threatens to shake the nation's power structures, they discover one truth - when billions of dollars are at stake, no one's integrity, love or life is ever safe. [show more]
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A double bill of political thrillers. In 'The Ides of March' (2011), Ryan Gosling stars as an idealistic young press secretary who gets caught up in the cynicism of a modern day election campaign. Based on a play by Beau Willimon, the film finds Stephen Myers (Gosling) working for progressive candidate Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney) as he hopes to become the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Stephen is the right-hand man of experienced press secretary Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and coveted by the director of the rival Democratic campaign, Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti). However, after an illicit meeting the tables turn and Stephen finds himself facing life on the political scrapheap. 'State of Play' (2009) is based on the acclaimed 2003 BBC mini-series. With the action transposed from Westminster to Washington, the film follows the investigations of journalist Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) as he probes into the suspicious death of the mistress and former research assistant of ambitious up-and-coming Congressman and potential presidential candidate Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck). As he works alongside the police on the case, McAffrey becomes romantically involved with the Congressman's estranged wife, Anne (Robin Wright Penn).
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