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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(2025)
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Rob Owen
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It’s the two-hander appeal of O’Connor’s earnest-but-human portrayal of a priest in crisis paired with Craig’s rascally sleuth that makes “Dead Man” feel most alive.
Posted Dec 11, 2025
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Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
(2025)
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Rob Owen
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Unfortunately, this new story strays from the initial concept of elves who work to prepare the way for Santa, instead focusing more on the characters and their lives when not on the clock, which is not as magical or entertaining.
Posted Dec 01, 2025
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The Alabama Solution
(2025)
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Rob Owen
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The situation often appears brutal and dire, but “Alabama Solution” delivers more conjecture than proof in many of its allegations, and there’s no “gotcha” moment like at the end of the first season of “The Jinx.”
Posted Oct 13, 2025
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SNL50: The Anniversary Special
(2025)
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Rob Owen
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Really, it’s hard to imagine how “SNL50” could have gone any better as it delivered a welcome mix of comedy and music over almost 3.5 hours, wrapped in a warm blanket of nostalgia (without getting sappy).
Posted Feb 18, 2025
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Star Trek: Section 31
(2025)
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Rob Owen
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Because Section 31 began life as a series, the movie feels both like a pilot episode and a truncated compilation of plots a first season would have covered.
Posted Jan 27, 2025
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Hot Frosty
(2024)
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Rob Owen
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Milligan runs around shirtless, muscles bulging, but the plot is pure Hallmark Christmas movie drivel with a more comedic bent.
Posted Nov 15, 2024
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The Deliverance
(2024)
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Rob Owen
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An exorcist movie where the exorcism almost seems like an afterthought.
Posted Aug 29, 2024
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Knox Goes Away
(2023)
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Rob Owen
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A welcome, character-driven tonic. It’s a small movie more concerned with character and relationship stories than it is with big-budget thrills or epic set pieces. And that’s OK.
Posted Aug 17, 2024
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
(2024)
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Rob Owen
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A generally entertaining, if overly long, crowd-pleaser... The film’s plot proves predictable, but “Axel F” is a decent enough nostalgia play.
Posted Jul 03, 2024
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Jim Henson Idea Man
(2024)
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Rob Owen
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“Idea Man” explores the roots of Henson’s genius, a curiosity borne out of a quiet, unassuming, reed-thin inventor with a wildly creative imagination... [But] “Idea Man” isn’t just hagiography.
Posted May 28, 2024
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The Contestant
(2023)
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Rob Owen
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The documentary film is both a fascinating look at a period in Japanese TV culture and also an affecting portrait of resilience and empathy as Nasubi uses his unwitting celebrity for the benefit of others.
Posted May 02, 2024
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Rustin
(2023)
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Rob Owen
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A smart, compact script (the movie runs just 106 minutes) coupled with Colman’s empathetic-yet-wily performance and the steady hand of director George C. Wolfe ensure that “Rustin” largely avoids biopic cliches.
Posted Nov 06, 2023
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Babylon 5: The Road Home
(2023)
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Rob Owen
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As stories go, “The Road Home” is pretty meh, standard sci-fi fare with a sappy, humanistic overlay.
Posted Aug 22, 2023
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The Beanie Bubble
(2023)
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Rob Owen
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The Beanie Bubble isn’t as funny as one would hope but it’s an interesting process piece about a difficult, weird man and the women key to his efforts who he took for granted.
Posted Jul 28, 2023
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The Pale Blue Eye
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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The Pale Blue Eye is a character-driven two-hander that’s worth seeing, though some casting choices betray eventual plot turns.
Posted Dec 23, 2022
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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Throw in some jammin’ holiday tunes performed by The Old 97’s and this Marvel-ous treat from writer/director James Gunn proves an entertaining enough diversion regardless of the degree of your devotion to the MCU.
Posted Dec 13, 2022
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A Christmas Story Christmas
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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A Christmas Story Christmas recycles elements of the original in ways that are occasionally clever but mostly uninspired. What works best is the new plot, which proves more heartfelt than super-sad, and deploys some familiar characters in new ways.
Posted Nov 22, 2022
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Spirited
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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If you’re re-telling the umpteenth version of the same story, it shouldn’t take more than two hours to do it regardless of the detours and small surprises plotted.
Posted Nov 22, 2022
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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A must-see for Weird Al fans who haven’t been treated to significant Weird Al-style comedy in a movie since 1989’s UHF. Fans of absurdity and parodies also might enjoy it, but the 2010 Funny or Die short serves up a lot of the same comedic beats.
Posted Nov 04, 2022
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Dear Zoe
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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A pleasant, heart-warming movie that, while about grief, doesn’t succumb to it.
Posted Nov 03, 2022
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God Forbid: The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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Viewers tuning in should prepare themselves: it’s a spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine (the cultural-historical-political background) go down.
Posted Oct 27, 2022
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Werewolf by Night
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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Werewolf by Night requires no knowledge or understanding of the Marvel multiverse, it’s just an entertaining, 52-minute program shot in the style of classic Universal Studios monster movies.
Posted Oct 06, 2022
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Anything's Possible
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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It’s a nice movie that offers a warm embrace, which means it won’t be edgy enough for some viewers. And that’s OK. As the first major trans teen rom-com, the film could never be everything to everyone.
Posted Jul 20, 2022
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The Adam Project
(2022)
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Rob Owen
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It’s a fairly entertaining flick for the whole family thanks largely to Reynolds’ performance and his chemistry with Scobell.
Posted Mar 11, 2022
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Being the Ricardos
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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It's all... fine, an OK behind-the-scenes look at the couple who made one of TV's all-time best comedies. But Being the Ricardos is not an awards-worthy classic of cinema.
Posted Dec 10, 2021
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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Written with an exacting knowledge of the ride by Bill Baretta, Kelly Younger and director Kirk Thatcher, Muppet Haunted Mansion is the first Disney+ Muppets show to do right by the Muppets.
Posted Oct 05, 2021
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The Guilty
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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At a svelte 90 minutes, The Guilty easily holds viewers' attention thanks to Fuqua's dexterity in building tension and Gyllenhaal's constricted-ball-of-energy performance.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
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Cinderella
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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Does the world really need another Cinderella movie? Writer/director Kay Cannon, with an assist from Pittsburgh native Billy Porter as the Fab G, delivers a spirited, modern, musical "Cinderella" that proves it has a reason to exist.
Posted Sep 02, 2021
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Worth
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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Worth grows somewhat repetitive, but it's a thoughtful, moving, adult drama that's ultimately worth watching.
Posted Sep 02, 2021
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Sweet Girl
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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Sweet Girl delivers a gorgeous video postcard of Pittsburgh, but as a movie, it's pretty meh.
Posted Aug 20, 2021
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Jungle Cruise
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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Could have been a fun Indiana Jones-style adventure, but instead is an over-long, CGI/green screen slog that recycles almost all the bad jokes/puns skippers use on the Magic Kingdom ride within the movie's first 15 minutes.
Posted Jul 30, 2021
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Friends: The Reunion
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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This nostalgia- fest, with a pretty standard group interview conducted with kid gloves by James Corden, doesn't probe very deeply... Still, it's warm and perfectly pitched to the sitcom's legion of fans.
Posted Jun 02, 2021
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Attack of the Murder Hornets
(2021)
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Rob Owen
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Filmmaker Michael Paul Stephenson not only scores points on style but also substance, revealing the character of a state scientist and citizen scientists as well as the impact of greed on scientific research that comes in a last-act twist.
Posted Mar 04, 2021
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Soul
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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Soul is more abstract than past Pixar movies, but just as entertaining.
Posted Dec 28, 2020
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The Prom
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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The Prom offers an uplifting celebration of love, identity and tolerance, a cheerful, upbeat respite from the major bummer that is our pandemic-plagued present.
Posted Dec 10, 2020
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Happiest Season
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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Packed with a recognizable roster of supporting actors, Happiest Season is more blandly heartwarming than it is a generator of big belly laughs (this isn't Christmas Vacation), a decent enough diversion.
Posted Nov 30, 2020
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Roald Dahl's The Witches
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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After a rousing early stretch, The Witches takes a colder turn before a sunny-again conclusion that feels rushed and incomplete.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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Often screamingly funny as it bounces from one cringe-comedy setup to the next, often at the expense of random real people and a few bold-faced names.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
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A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
(2020)
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Rob Owen
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Some of the appreciation for this special can be chalked up to nostalgia, but this West Wing special also delivers a patriotic balm with entertaining calls to vote, delivered with clever word play, that substitute for commercials.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
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Rob Owen
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It felt like time well spent because it retells such a powerful story of heroism in the face of terror.
Posted Sep 16, 2020
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3/4
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Only Human
(2004)
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Ed Blank
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Posted Sep 09, 2009
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3/4
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Speed Racer
(2008)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3/4
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Body of Lies
(2008)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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2/4
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(2008)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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2/4
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Street Kings
(2008)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3/4
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Brick Lane
(2007)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3.5/4
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There Will Be Blood
(2007)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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2.5/4
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My Brother Is an Only Child
(2007)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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2.5/4
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Atonement
(2007)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3.5/4
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007)
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Michael Machosky
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Posted Oct 18, 2008
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