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Mercy
(2026)
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Todd Jorgenson
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This ticking-clock thriller is too half-hearted to be provocative, and too contrived to yield sufficient emotional depth or moral complexity.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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H Is for Hawk
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The majestic avian co-star steals the show in this bittersweet saga of grief and healing that tugs too aggressively at the heartstrings.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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Clika
(2026)
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Todd Jorgenson
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This earnest coming-of-age drama adheres to a generic rags-to-riches framework. It’s not nearly as compelling when the tunes aren’t playing.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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My Animal
(2023)
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Todd Jorgenson
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... struggles to mesh its disparate ideas and escape its almost dreamlike trance. It’s too uneven to show its teeth.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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Signing Tony Raymond
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Maybe it deserves credit for trying to tackle the cesspool of contemporary college football recruiting, but this comedy is too detached from reality to score either as a broad lampoon or an underdog crowd-pleaser.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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The Rip
(2026)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Amounting to a side project for Damon and Affleck, this formulaic crime thriller lacks sufficient character depth and thematic complexity to escalate the stakes as intended.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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Sound of Falling
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Relentlessly bleak yet powerfully audacious, this haunting German drama builds cumulative potency from its overlapping stories.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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A Private Life
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Jodie Foster’s playfully wily performance outshines the uneven script in this slight French caper, in which the silliness overwhelms the suspense.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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Night Patrol
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Amid some ultraviolent twists, the film stumbles in trying to keep its convoluted mythology grounded in its gritty urban milieu.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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Father Mother Sister Brother
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Bolstered by a top-notch cast in all three self-contained segments, it's quietly perceptive in spots but overall too slight and sketchy.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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Greenland 2: Migration
(2026)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The set pieces are sharply crafted and appropriately tense, although the scenarios feel contrived and formulaic, caught between genre expectations and exploring new territory.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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The Tale of Silyan
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Its charming story of coexistence and blue-collar resilience resonates across geographic boundaries.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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The Chronology of Water
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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A ferocious portrayal by Imogen Poots propels this uneven yet powerful glimpse into the lingering effects of childhood trauma.
Posted Jan 10, 2026
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Sleepwalker
(2026)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Staying awake could be an issue while enduring this incoherent psychological thriller that’s likely to produce more giggles than frights.
Posted Jan 10, 2026
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Primate
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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... adheres to well-worn genre tropes rather than committing to its campy absurdity, which would have evolved this cinematic monkey business.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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Young Mothers
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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With their usual clear-eyed compassion for working-class struggles, the Dardennes offer a multilayered portrait of motherhood in a world of fractured families and socioeconomic constraints.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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OBEX
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Taking us back to the glory days of floppy disks and dot-matrix printers, this delightfully quirky microbudget comedy is also an unsettling probe of insecurity and paranoia.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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My Neighbor Adolf
(2022)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The highly uneven film awkwardly tries to layer its broad caper comedy with sentiment, without sufficient emotional depth.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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Place of Bones
(2023)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The clever climactic twist in this low-budget Western is offset by the preceding parade of genre tropes and stock characters.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Amanda Seyfried shines in this epic drama of internal strife and religious liberation that’s both stunningly ambitious and highly uneven.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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Merv
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The canine title character is more compelling than his human co-stars in this eye-rolling romantic comedy that emphasizes cuteness over common sense.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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Under Fire
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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This formulaic action-comedy mostly fires blanks.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
(2024)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Costner's longtime passion project also is more tedious than involving, a series of dramatic setups without sufficient payoffs. From a storytelling perspective, perhaps it would be a better fit as a television miniseries.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Like its protagonist, the film is both exhausting and endearing, maintaining our rooting interest against the odds.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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Song Sung Blue
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Basking in nostalgia and benefiting from a toe-tapping song catalog, this heartwarming musical romance has enough scrappy blue-collar charm to offset the cliched predictability.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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Goodbye June
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Contrivances undercut the deeper emotional impact, but at least it benefits from a top-notch cast.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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We Bury the Dead
(2024)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Combining some familiar genre elements into a fresh package, this haunting and evocative Australian thriller examines the psychological effects of mass tragedy — with plenty of blood and zombies.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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Toxic
(2024)
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Todd Jorgenson
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As it pushes boundaries in depicting adolescent obsession with body image and perceptions of beauty, this audacious Lithuanian drama also tests moviegoer tolerance, but in a way that’s more provocative than distasteful.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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The Plague
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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As it ratchets up the character-driven tension, the film meanders in the final act yet examines adolescent angst with clear-eyed conviction.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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No Other Choice
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Adeptly balancing broad comedy with underlying humanity, this twisty Korean adaptation of a Donald Westlake novel is both absorbing and absurd.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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The Dutchman
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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A richly textured performance by Andre Holland counterbalances the more heavy-handed elements in this contemplative thriller about guilt, regret, sexual politics, and racial identity.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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The Choral
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Beneath its surface as an old-fashioned British crowd-pleaser, this twee period piece bogs down in underdeveloped characters and subplots to ultimately feel out of tune.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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Last Days
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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... lacks sufficient psychological depth and thematic complexity. Like its protagonist, it’s confused about how to move forward with its mission.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The latest chapter is another rousing adventure that builds upon Cameron’s ambitious vision, even as the storytelling spins its wheels.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Man Finds Tape
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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... immerses itself in creepy atmosphere while yielding some unsettling chills, although its twists don’t always pay off, especially in the final half-hour.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Hunting Season
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Mel Gibson puts forth an effort in this pedestrian low-budget crime thriller that hardly seems worth the trouble.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Frontier Crucible
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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As it explores morality and machismo on the American frontier, this slow-burning Western captures some striking rural landscapes but struggles to raise the dramatic stakes.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Everything to Me
(2024)
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Todd Jorgenson
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This nostalgic coming-of-age story taps into angst-ridden adolescence without the broader depth or insight to distinguish itself.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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The Housemaid
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The campy amusement starts to wear off as the plotting becomes progressively more arbitrary and absurd.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Is This Thing On?
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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This richly textured relationship drama intimately examines catharsis through comedy, generating some big laughs even as it simmers with discomfort beneath the surface.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Ella McCay
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Like its title character, the film mounts a well-meaning campaign, yet struggles to balance the messy and awkward with the sweet and sincere.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Dead Man's Wire
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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... a taut and suspenseful thriller of working-class vengeance that still resonates almost 50 years later.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Both harrowing and heartbreaking, this gut-punch of a true-life drama digs inside the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict by emphasizing humanity rather than politics.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Turbulence
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The rugged scenery is lovely, although it’s difficult to care about any of these bumbling characters whose voyage is as doomed as the film.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Not Without Hope
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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... salutes their camaraderie and resilience during the vivid ocean sequences, with the camera as a fifth passenger, although the story is considerably less convincing on shore.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Resurrection
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Although not for all tastes, this deliberately paced meditation on time and memory is visually poetic and quietly profound.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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The King of Color
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Although it too eagerly enables Herbert’s desire to preserve and perhaps embellish his legacy, at least the film gives proper credit by detailing his groundbreaking accomplishments and saluting their enduring impact.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Dust Bunny
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Celebrating the power of childhood imagination, this playfully macabre fantasy thriller offers a visually striking mix of whimsy and wonder.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Atropia
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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The ambition exceeds the grasp of this mildly provocative yet ultimately muddled blend of war satire, romantic comedy, and political farce.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Rental Family
(2025)
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Todd Jorgenson
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Its bittersweet humanity grounds the film in real stakes that resonate beyond clichés.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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