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Spotlight video review

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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