You have Tom Hanks, who is as captivating as ever. You have Julia Roberts playing a oilrich Texan religious fanatic, as spellbinding as usual. Finally you have Philip Seymour Hoffman, who stuns us with the standout performance of the whole damn thing.

Charlie Wilson's War (2007): Dramatization of the life of the US congressman who launched a behindthescenes campaign to defeat the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by secretly arming the Mujahideen.