“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.

Video clips from Charlie Wilson’s performance at St. Maarten’s Soul Beach Music Festival have finally made their way to ...

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.

Charlie Wilson teams up with Gracie's Corner, the popular, animated sing-along series on YouTube, on "Have a Good Time," a new single released by the family-run channel Friday morning (June 13). The R ...

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.

“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 ...

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 ...

Wilson's attempts to arm the Afghan Mujahadeen in their fight against the Soviets became the inspiration for a 2007 movie starring Tom Hanks called "Charlie Wilson's War.

From "Wag the Dog" to "Primary Colors," Oscar loves a salacious political satire. "Charlie Wilson's War" makes George Bush's college indiscretions look like child's play compared to the kind of ...