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Week of February 26, 2016

Where was Trump when the Pilgrims were seeking asylum? First up…

 

Brooklyn

The reason why the Irish settled in Brooklyn was due to Manhattan’s strict public intoxication laws.

Surprisingly, the cailín in this romantic movie is a wee bit of a teetotaler.

Sponsored by her family’s former priest (Jim Broadbent), Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) is able to leave Ireland behind and settle in Brooklyn, where she subsequently works in a shop.

At a dance she meets - and later marries - Tony (Emory Cohen). But when she returns home for a funeral, she keeps her nuptials a secret so she can flirt with an eligible Irishman (Domhnall Gleeson).

Complete with authentic Irish and annoying Brooklyn accents, this complex yet cottony coming-of-age love story is a sincere snapshot of 1950s New York, while Ronan simply embodies the naivety as well as the mixed emotions of becoming an American.  

Moreover, it reminds us that not all immigrants are terrorists; they’re also letting in two-timing hussies.  Green Light

 

Spotlight

The Catholic Church opposes abortion because they need more children to molest.

Fortunately, the journalists in this drama are putting a stop to the latter.

When Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber), the new editor of the Boston Globe’s investigative department, gets wind of a lawyer’s (Stanley Tucci) claim that the Archbishop hide allegations of sexual abuse, he directs his team (Michael Keaton Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams) to focus solely on this story.

Their findings unearth dozens of victims still waiting for justice, an archdiocese simply relocating the accused, and negligence on the paper’s part for not publishing tips it had received years prior.

The unfortunate true story that shook Boston to its core in 2002, Spotlight’s ensemble cast shines as a beacon of excellence equal to the journalists they portray, while the script is detailed but not exploitive.

However, the Catholic Church exacted its revenge when the Internet destroyed newspaper subscriptions.   Green Light

***Ultra Light Sleeper***

Sleepers

When falling asleep around the male species it is best to do so with a bear trap between your legs.

Unfortunately, the boys in this thriller could not access any anti-rape weaponry.

When an innocent street prank goes wrong, Hell’s Kitchen troublemakers Shakes (Jason Patric), Michael (Brad Pitt) and Tommy (Billy Crudup) are sentenced to serve in an upstate boys home. Interned, they are repeatedly raped by the lead guard (Kevin Bacon) and his squad.

Years later, the friends exploit their positions in the media and justice department to takedown their former abusers with false testimony from their neighbourhood priest (Robert De Niro).

An unsettling account of juvenile detention supplemented by an even more controversial form of retribution, this dark and dubious adaption of the semi-nonfictional novel is an intense and unforgettable experience.

Incidentally, if the predatory guards had been female the courts would’ve sentenced them to life on probation.

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