{"id":22363,"date":"2019-11-15T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T23:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=22363"},"modified":"2019-11-15T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T23:31:34","slug":"review-official-secrets-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/11\/review-official-secrets-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Secrets DVD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/11\/review-official-secrets-dvd\/#more-22363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Official Secrets DVD Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/paramount-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Official Secrets<\/em><\/strong> has solid performances from a respectable cast, led way by Keira Knightley and while I wasn\u2019t terribly involved with this true story, this is still worth checking out if you\u2019re into these kinds of movies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Official Secrets<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2019)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Thriller<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Paramount | R \u2013 111 min. \u2013 $19.98 | November 26, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/15\/2019 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"Official Secrets\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2019\/officialsecrets-dvd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B07X3817JC\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on DVD from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table id=\"review-info\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Gavin Hood<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Sara Bernstein &amp; Gregory Bernstein and Gavin Hood (written by)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Cast: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>None<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>Yes<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>DVD<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Region(s): <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun (KEIRA KNIGHTLEY) receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain&#8217;s help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">No features were included, although there is a code for the\u00a0<strong>Digital Copy<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 3.75\/5, AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paramount presents <strong><em>Official Secrets<\/em><\/strong> only on DVD (forgoing a Blu-ray release) presented with a 16&#215;9 enhanced widescreen presentation which looks fine but rather flat and boring, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 was serviceable for a movie that\u2019s mostly dialogue.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>Official Secrets<\/em><\/strong> has solid performances from a respectable cast, led way by Keira Knightley and while I wasn\u2019t terribly involved with this true story, this is still worth checking out if you\u2019re into these kinds of movies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official Secrets has solid performances from a respectable cast, led way by Keira Knightley and while I wasn\u2019t terribly involved with this true story, this is still worth checking out if you\u2019re into these kinds of movies. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[664,998,867,387,1347],"class_list":["post-22363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-keira-knightley","tag-matt-smith","tag-matthew-goode","tag-ralph-fiennes","tag-rhys-ifans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22365,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22363\/revisions\/22365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}