'Bridge of Spies' Blu-ray review
(C) 2015 Dreamworks LLC Steven Spielberg’s 2015 Cold War film “Bridge of Spies” is an intriguing (if somewhat flawed) take on how a Brooklyn insurance attorney named James Donovan (Tom Hanks) helped negotiate the 1961 exchange of convicted Soviet intelligence agent Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell) and an American college student (Will Rogers) accused of espionage by Communist-ruled East Germany. Spielberg’s latest historical drama earned five Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, and Best Supporting Actor. “Bridge of Spies” only won one: Mark Rylance walked away with the 2015 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor – a well-deserved recognition for his nuanced performance as accused spy Abel. “Bridge of Spies” begins with Rudolf Abel’s arrest by FBI counterintelligence in 1957. It is an age of atomic anxiety: The U.S. and the Soviet Union are building nuclear ar...