Franklin review: Michael Douglas is transfixing as the titular founding father
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You may be forgiven for thinking, as we did, that it was wildly flattering of the folks behind the new Apple TV+ series Franklin (which premieres April 12) to cast Michael Douglas as that titular founding father. Even at 79, the Wall Street and Fatal Attraction actor is as dashing and charming a screen presence as ever. Which speaks, we guess, to the way this limited series wants to portray the man who’d become the oldest participant in the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and who, for the bulk...

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