Spotlight video review | Little White Lies

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Spot­light video review

29 Feb 2016

Words by Clarisse Loughrey

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Clar­rise Loughrey inves­ti­gates this year’s Best Pic­ture win­ner to see if it lives up to the hype.

Direc­tor Tom McCarthy’s weighty ensem­ble dra­ma won big at the 88th Acad­e­my Awards, scoop­ing the cov­et­ed Best Pic­ture stat­uette, but is the film real­ly worth all the fuss? Here to blow the lid off is our res­i­dent movie vlog­ger, Clarisse Loughrey.

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