ALTHOUGH IT sticks to a conventional approach familiar from the hoariest of melodramas, Jim Sheridan’s adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s Booker-nominated novel The Secret Scripture does at least buck one particular trend: that of Irish movies getting an easy ride from domestic reviewers, including the invariably upbeat Irish Times. Certainly, Sheridan faced an uphill battle to… Read more »
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