Topic: Joanne Herring
Although he didn't get the credit at the time, Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson was the man who got together enough funds for the 1980s Afghan freedom fighters to buy arms, so that they could force the Soviets out of their country ...
It's not the surprisingly listless central performance by Tom Hanks, who looks sluggish and indifferent playing the larger-than-life East Texas congressman Charlie Wilson. The movie opens with a dewy-eyed Wilson being honored by the CIA for his efforts in Afghanistan, before ...
