TIFF Movie Reviews: The Buzz on This Year's Huge Films

Bryan Cranston makes legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo a larger-than-life character full of warmth and eccentricities (he regularly writes and smokes in the bathtub), and the film itself illuminates a dark chapter in Hollywood — and American history. The miscarriage of justice in the blacklisting (and in some cases, imprisonment) of American citizens is appalling, but it's not just a history lesson. Trumbo is an entertaining 1950s period piece, complete with stars of today playing old Hollywood royalty like John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.