WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tina Fey (Mean Girls), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit), Christopher Abbott (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Billy Bob Thornton (Bad Santa), Alfred Molina (An Education), Sheila Vand (Argo), Nicholas Braun (How To Be Single), Steve Peacocke (Hercules), Evan Jonigkeit (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Scott Takeda (Gone Girl), Josh Charles (Freeheld), Cherry Jones (Erin Brockovich), Sterling K. Brown (Stay)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Glenn Ficarra (Crazy Stupid Love) and John Requa (Focus), directors; Robert Carlock (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), writer; Ian Bryce (Saving Private Ryan), Tina Fey (Sisters) and Lorne Michaels (MacGruber), producers; Nick Urata (Paddington), composer; Xavier Grobet (I Love You Phillip Morris), cinematographer; Jan Kovac (Focus), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Journalist Kim Baker (Fey) volunteers to act as a war correspondent in Afghanistan, where in addition to reporting on everyday life in the war-torn country she finds a new lease of life on a more personal level as well…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A hilarious and hilariously honest look at war journalism from the perspective of a female reporter, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot benefits from the presence of the always-reliable Tina Fey in the lead role.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH MAY 2016

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