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Golda (out May 2) looks at the Yom Kippur War of 1973 from the perspective of Israeliā€™s chain-smoking Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren). With the focus on boardrooms as opposed to battlefronts, it comes across as a basic history lesson (with simplistic dialogue) as opposed to an enriching drama. Grade: C+.