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“Brideshead Revisited” – Brandy McDonnell reviews

July 29, 2008 Brandy McDonnell alliance of women film journalists, brandy mcdonnell, brideshead revisited, female critics, film criticism, film journalists, movie review, movie reviews, women critics, women film critics, women film directors, women film journalists, women in film

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A lonely, working-class British teen falls under the thrall of an odd, aristocratic family in “Brideshead Revisited,” the film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s acclaimed 1946 novel. Stellar performances and magnificent period details help the movie overcome some directorial miscues and a jarring score. Read more>>

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.