Spotlight Now streaming and on DVD: ‘The Roses’ is filled with thorns Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Nov 16, 2025 Nov 16, 2025 Updated May 29, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch might be great scene partners in any number of films, but not “The Roses.”kAm|:D>2E4965 7C@> E96 368:??:?8[ E96J ;FDE <66A 5:88:?8 2 9@=6 F?E:= E96C6’D ?@ A=@E E@ F?4@G6C]k^AmkAmr@?D:56C:?8 :E’D 32D65 @? “%96 (2C @7 E96 #@D6D[” E92E’D E@@ 325] %96 7:CDE 7:=>[ DE2CC:?8 |:4926= s@F8=2D 2?5 z2E9=66? %FC?6C[ 925 7@C46 2?5 DEJ=6] %9:D ;FDE 3@2DED 2 }2?4J |6J6CD\=:<6 9@FD6 2?5 2 4=6G6C 42>6@ 3J p==:D@? y2??6J]k^AmkAmrF>36C32E49 2?5 r@=>2? 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