Film review: ‘Birdman’ soars

By News Staff

Posted October 24, 2014 3:30 pm.

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Michael Keaton returns to lead role status in a darkly comic drama from the director of 21 Grams and Babel. Film critic Leslie James boldly states that Birdman soars.

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