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Lonely hearts. ‘Lonely Hearts’ is the sort of solid Hollywood entertainment that slips under the radar. Set in the 1940s it tells the true story of the notorious ‘Lonely Hearts’ killers Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez (played by Jared Leto & Selma Hayek) who preyed on single women, milking them of their savings & ultimately killing them. Tracking them are two blue collar cops Elmer ‘Buster’ Robinson (played by John Travolta) & his partner Charles Hilderbrandt (played by James Gandolfini). Scarred by the unexplained suicide of his wife, Travolta’s character becomes obsessed with linking the suicide of a beautiful young widow with a confidence scam preying on lonely people who place ads in the newspapers ‘Lonely Hearts’ columns; and together with his partner sets out to bring the confidence artists to justice, uncovering along the way a bloody trail of victims. Travolta is suitably anguished, and the 40’s milieu is convincingly recreated, but full credit goes to Leto & especially Hayek with her chilling portrait of the cold-blooded Martha. Written & directed by Todd Robinson, the grandson of the character played by John Travolta, and the accompanying feature has him recalling memories of his grandfather.”
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