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Spotlight (2015)

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Starring (View all)
Mark Ruffalo Mark Ruffalo
Mike Rezendes
Michael Keaton Michael Keaton
Walter 'Robby' Robinson
Rachel McAdams Rachel McAdams
Sacha Pfeiffer
Liev Schreiber Liev Schreiber
Marty Baron
John Slattery John Slattery
Ben Bradlee Jr.
Brian d Brian d'Arcy James
Matt Carroll
Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci
Mitchell Garabedian
Elena Wohl Elena Wohl
Barbara


Written by
Josh Singer Josh Singer
(written by)
Thomas McCarthy Thomas McCarthy
(written by)


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7 years, 9 months ago at Jul 8 8:32
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Alright time for another real story that was nominated for Oscars that is now on Netflix. This one will surely be more serious than the other one though given the content. I like Thomas McCarthy's films. He did Up, The Cobbler, and Million Dollar Arm. I haven't seen any of Josh Singer's films yet though. I also really like the cast here. A newspaper suing the Catholic Church has to be a very inten... read more

MOVIE REVIEW: Spotlight

8 years, 1 month ago at Mar 13 4:13
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            Before it was awarded the Best Picture Oscar, "Spotlight" was being touted as “All the President’s Men” all over again, but with a scandal most consider as even m... read more

Spotlight

8 years, 2 months ago at Feb 2 19:27
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Spotlight, based upon the Boston Globe’s 2002 expose on sex abuse within the Catholic Church, is a film that takes a familiar story, but pulls back the curtain to reveal the blood, sweat, and groundwork it took to uncover it all. It presents Boston not as a sprawling city, but as a small-town mindset, heavily under control of the church and prone to closing ranks to protect its own. It would sou... read more
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It tells of how the Boston Globe's "Spotlight Team" reporters spent a year interviewing victims and reviewing thousands of pages of documents and discovered years of cover-ups by Church leadership. Their reporting eventually led to the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, who had hidden years of serial abuse by other priests, and opened the floodgates to revelations of molestation and cover-ups worldwide that still reverberate today.
Release date: 20 November 2015
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“'Spotlight' to me was a very worthy Best Picture winner. Even if it didn't do much for me, which it did, it would still be appreciated for what it set out to do and would have been applauded for trying.

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