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SIU Reviews: Argo

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Mark McCleerey
Published February 20, 2013 at 12:55 PM CST

As part of our special Oscars preview, SIU Reviews takes a closer look at another film nominated for Best Picture.

Film critic Mark McCleerey reviews ARGO, the latest work from actor/director Ben Affleck.  It’s a dramatization of the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis.

ARGO is in limited release in Carbondale.  The Academy Awards take place on Sunday, February 24th.

Mark McCleerey is a regular contributor to SIU Reviews. 
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Mark McCleery is a doctoral candidate in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His movie critiques are a featured segment of SIU Reviews.
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