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The Latest Column: Two Films, In the Arena

"Milk" and "Frost/Nixon" unspool across the country over in the next few weeks, and while they are very different politically themed films, they share one thing in common: They avoided the pre-election political fray.  But that doesn't mean they haven't been spared controversy.

That's the subject of my latest column in the Politico.

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