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In Review: Parkland

by Maryann O'Connor 22 November 2013

Parkland seeks to tell the wearingly overexposed story of JFK’s assassination from a less explored angle; mainly that of the hospital staff who tended to Kennedy in Dallas, the Oswald family and the local FBI office.

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In Review: The Paperboy on Blu-ray

by Katherine McLaughlin 30 July 2013

The booing at Cannes feels far enough in the distance now to take proper stock of Lee Daniels’ hot and sweaty crime drama. On second viewing its sincerity becomes apparent as the trashy vibe, servitude storyline and violence points to the seething racial tension of Florida in the 1960s. Through word of mouth, its salacious […]

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In Review: The Paperboy

by Adam Vaughan 21 March 2013

Lee Daniels’s follow-up to the mightily impressive Precious is a sweaty and sordid slice of noir as unpredictable as it is bonkers. This might make The Paperboy sound pretty good. It isn’t.

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In Review: The Lucky One

by Nicky Branagh 2 May 2012

If there’s one thing we know about a Nicholas Sparks story, it’s what to expect. So predictable is a Sparks narrative that we imagine the author has a checklist that he fills out before penning each novel. Following the commercial success of the romantic weepy writing machine’s previous theatrical adaptations, said list is now typed […]

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