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Sully (2016), Clint Eastwood's biopic about the National Transportation Safety Board investigation into the water landing of US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullivan (Tom Hanks) and his copilot Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart) after both engines were rendered inoperable by "bird strike". The members of the NTSB are portrayed as being somewhat inexperienced and/or incompetent at times as if their duty was to prove Captain Sullivan was at fault rather than simply determine how the events unfolded, but otherwise it's not a bad movie, if a bit by-the-numbers.
Live by Night (2016). Ben Affleck wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this movie, and as such it comes across as what it is--an expensive pet project. The story--low-level gangsters trying to work their way up the food chain by distributing illegal substances (alcohol, in this case)--has been told before. It's set in the mid- to late-1920s, but with a few changes could just as easily have been set in almost any part of the 20th century. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, but there's nothing special about it.
Live by Night (2016). Ben Affleck wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this movie, and as such it comes across as what it is--an expensive pet project. The story--low-level gangsters trying to work their way up the food chain by distributing illegal substances (alcohol, in this case)--has been told before. It's set in the mid- to late-1920s, but with a few changes could just as easily have been set in almost any part of the 20th century. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, but there's nothing special about it.