Searching for Oscar
Mar 29, 2019 | IMDB 4.8
73 min Watch NowDocumentary
Óscar Peyrou is a veteran Spanish film critic who writes his reviews according to a very peculiar method: in his opinion, it is not really necessary to watch the films since it is possible to judge them simply by looking at their promotional poster.
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