Review: Michael Casey and Paddy Murphy’s ‘Lulu and the Electric Dreamboat’
“Michael Casey and Paddy Murphyโsย ‘Lulu and the Electric Dreamboat’ is a winsome coming-of-age film with surgical wit.”
“Michael Casey and Paddy Murphyโsย ‘Lulu and the Electric Dreamboat’ is a winsome coming-of-age film with surgical wit.”
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