“Charlie Wilson’s War” is that rare Hollywood commodity these days: a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups. Based on the late George Crile’s sensational bestseller about how an ...

Thus "Charlie Wilson's War," Mike Nichols's laff-a-minute chronicle of the congressman's crusade to ram funding through the House Appropriations Committee to supply arms ... 2007. By Stephen Hunter.

Former Democratic Rep. Charles Wilson of Texas, whose support for anti-Soviet forces in Afghanistan inspired the 2007 movie "Charlie Wilson's War," died Wednesday at age 76.

December 21, 2007. I don't know about you, but I was not particularly looking forward to seeing Charlie Wilson's War right off the bat. The trailer was boring and uninspiring.

Those who knew Charlie Wilson when agree on a few things: Yes, “Good Time Charlie” was a nickname hard-earned and no, Wilson could not repeat today what he did in the ’80s. “They didn’t ...

“Charlie Wilson’s War” succeeds where other wartime/terrorism movies — “Rendition,” “Lions for Lambs,” “The Kingdom” — have failed because the laughs come before the lecture ...

And “Charlie Wilson’s War,” which is that rarest of all Hollywood commodities – a sophisticated adult comedy – is helped immeasurably by cracking good performances from its three main ...

The dark comedy is based on real events in the life of Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson. Martin Frost, a former Texas congressman, says Hollywood didn't embellish the story of Wilson's ...