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- August 30, 2009
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Byline: Rob Lowman, Staff Writer
Newspaper probes for truth in 'State of Play'
"State of Play" is a fairly nifty thriller with a few trenchant observations about covering the news.
Based on the six-hour British miniseries, the film - directed by Kevin Macdonald ("The Last King of Scotland") - involves a couple of killings that are tied to a young, upcoming congressman named Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck), who is on a committee investigating a private-security contractor (think Blackwater).
A friend of Collins, Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe), is assigned by his editor, Cameron Lynne (Helen Mirren), at the fictional Washington Globe to head ...