Hanks takes on the Soviets in Charlie Wilson’s War

Based on the true story of the hard-drinking, womanizing congressman from Texas who convinced the CIA to train and arm anti-Soviet resistance fighters in Afghanistan during the 1980s, Charlie Wilson’s War stars Tom Hanks as Wilson, a man who thinks he can bring down the Soviet Union all by himself, and actually comes close. Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts co-star. Rated R. Out on DVD now.