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2/5
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6%
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Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2012) |
"
Ecstasy proved itself to be resoundingly more soporific than serotonin enhancing. "
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The Vine
Posted Apr 25, 2012
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78%
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A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
A Dangerous Method is masterful filmmaking on all levels, but alas, it also leaves you dreaming that Fassbender and Mortensen will return to these roles in a more focused story on the fathers of psychoanalysis. "
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The Vine
Posted Apr 4, 2012
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2.5/5
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50%
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The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
After all the promise of a perfect cocktail, The Rum Diary quickly becomes like being the only sober person at a party where everyone else is absolutely trashed."
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The Vine
Posted Mar 14, 2012
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29%
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The Vow (2012) |
"
The film may be entirely unafraid of predictability, but it's sweet, shiny and well acted; essentially it delivers exactly what it says on the box."
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The Vine
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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98%
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The Artist (2011) |
"
It's a deliriously, wondrously, unspeakably fabulous film. "
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The Vine
Posted Feb 5, 2012
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85%
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The Ides of March (2011) |
"
As a portrait of power, hubris and the systematic corruption of integrity, The Ides of March makes for compelling viewing. It's well-crafted, wonderfully scored and solidly acted across the board."
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The Vine
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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89%
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The Trip (2011) |
"
If the idea of going on a minibreak with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Michael Winterbottom sounds like your cup of crazy, then run, don't walk, to see The Trip. "
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The Vine
Posted Jul 7, 2011
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70%
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Oranges And Sunshine (2011) |
"
A film that very carefully and empathetically shines a light on this tragic chapter of British and Australian history."
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The Vine
Posted Jun 5, 2011
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61%
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Water for Elephants (2011) |
"
With such good looks (that have little to do with RPatz), it's a crying shame that the story boils down to a rather beige love triangle."
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The Vine
Posted May 10, 2011
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61%
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Griff the Invisible (2011) |
"
A simple and sweet romance disguised a crime-fighting superhero flick, Griff the Invisible is a film to fall in love with."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Mar 20, 2011
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64%
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Biutiful (2010) |
"
Simultaneously intensely personal and profoundly universal, Biutiful shows there can be grace, and yes, even beauty in death. "
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The Vine
Posted Mar 17, 2011
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89%
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Waiting for Superman (2010) |
"
Waiting for "Superman" is essential viewing. It's as simple as that...Most importantly, it is impossible not to be touched, nay, radicalised by this devastatingly inconvenient truth."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Mar 7, 2011
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53%
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2010) |
"
Its seems as if the production has taken a bullet to the brain just like its heroine."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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72%
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The Adjustment Bureau (2011) |
"
[An] atrociously trite conclusion threatens to ruin the entire film, but perhaps if we can just get a hold of the right Moleskine, we can make some adjustments, and it'll be like that ending never happened..."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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59%
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Wasted on the Young (2010) |
"
Part romantic tragedy, part ruthless thriller, Wasted on the Young is an impressive but ultimately unsettling cinematic experience."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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86%
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Rabbit Hole (2010) |
"
Exquisitely raw and painful, sure, but also richly humane and deeply cathartic, for David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer and Tony award winning play is nothing short of a masterpiece."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 21, 2011
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75%
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The Way Back (2011) |
"
A beautifully hewn, honest and courageous film. It's Man Vs. Wild, for real. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 20, 2011
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80%
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Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"
Go and marvel at this spectacular piece of visual history; it's 60 minutes very well spent. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 20, 2011
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98%
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Inside Job (2010) |
"
Likely to be one of the most shocking and edifying cinematic experiences of 2011."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 20, 2011
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56%
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Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) |
"
There is something unbelievably cool about tapping your toes to Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man, and Bennie And The Jets while adorable little gnomes cavort about and ultimately wreak havoc on screen. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 20, 2011
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49%
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No Strings Attached (2011) |
"
No Strings Attached has absolutely no designs above its station...inoffensive, mildly amusing and instantly forgettable."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 7, 2011
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93%
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127 Hours (2010) |
"
127 Hours is immersive cinema in the most gut wrenching sense."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 7, 2011
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51%
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The Next Three Days (2010) |
"
A good story well told: solid, meticulously crafted, with that similar, slightly old-fashioned feeling you got from watching a film like Salt."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Feb 2, 2011
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30%
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Sanctum (2011) |
"
If you can get past the cringingly clunky opening act, then the thrills and spills of Sanctum make for well crafted popcorn entertainment."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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65%
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Tamara Drewe (2010) |
"
Spirited, sexy and stacked with laughs - both light and delightfully dark - Tamara Drewe is a must-see modern day period comedy, with smarts. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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96%
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True Grit (2010) |
"
Reviewing a Coen Brothers film is usually an exercise in inventively arranging superlatives, and True Grit definitely doesn't break from the mould."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 25, 2011
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91%
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The Fighter (2010) |
"
In many ways, the film is akin to its lead actor Wahlberg: solid, committed and with just enough spark to ward off the blandness. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 24, 2011
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81%
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Catfish (2010) |
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The true, almost nightmarish beauty of Catfish is the all too crystal clear mirror it holds up to its audience."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 24, 2011
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92%
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Another Year (2010) |
"
Leigh has weaved together [a] patchwork of personalities and masterfully crafted Another Year into one of 2011's cinematic gems."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 17, 2011
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87%
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Black Swan (2010) |
"
Aronofsky brings glorious new meaning to the term 'melodrama' as he refashions the tragic tale of the Swan princess into a sexy, haunting and sublimely over the top cinematic romp."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Jan 16, 2011
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95%
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The King's Speech (2010) |
"
Forget the Ashes, this is the history making Australia vs. England match you need to be watching come Boxing Day."
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The Vine
Posted Dec 23, 2010
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71%
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Somewhere (2010) |
"
For all its restraint, slice-of-life naturalism and superb soundtrack, Somewhere is a film and a mood that you can sink into like a deep, comfy sofa. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Dec 20, 2010
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10%
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Little Fockers (2010) |
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It's just more of the same Meet The Parents shenanigans with an afterthought of a Christmas scene plonked on the end."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Dec 20, 2010
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50%
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Tron Legacy (2010) |
"
Go and see this film on the big screen. End of line."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Dec 13, 2010
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48%
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Love and Other Drugs (2010) |
"
If this film was a drug, you might ask for your money back, but you could just as easily find yourself riding high on the placebo effect."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Dec 13, 2010
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88%
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Blue Valentine (2010) |
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Wretched and beautiful, devastating and passionate, Blue Valentine evokes every inch of its title's dichotomy."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Dec 7, 2010
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78%
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Red Hill (2010) |
"
Red Hill might be a bit of a mixed bag, but as a striking introduction to Patrick Hughes and a big screen Ryan Kwanten, it's certainly an exciting new frontier for Australian cinema."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 28, 2010
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90%
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Lebanon (Levanon) (2010) |
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An unforgettable piece of cinema; a haunting experience that doubles as the document that - 24 years on - finally laid the filmmaker's ghosts to rest."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 28, 2010
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82%
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Copacabana (2010) |
"
Fun, affirming and supremely joyful, Copacabana is a superb reminder that life is about the journey, not the destination."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 21, 2010
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80%
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Fair Game (2010) |
"
Entirely believable and deeply affecting, [Watts and Penn's] onscreen partnership wrings every drop of conviction out of Jez and John-Henry Butterworth's slightly overwritten screenplay. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 21, 2010
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79%
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) |
"
146 minutes of minutely, magnificently detailed, precisely paced, decidedly dark fare - and the fans wouldn't have it any other way."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 17, 2010
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90%
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The Messenger (2009) |
"
A beautifully rendered and necessarily painful window onto an overlooked reality."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 8, 2010
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32%
|
Wild Target (2010) |
"
In Anglicising director Pierre Salvadori's 1993 French original, Lynn and screenwriter Lucinda Coxon have created a rich, colourful and intricately mannered comedy, brought to life with wonderfully wry performances across the board. "
—
FILMINK (Australia)
Posted Nov 8, 2010
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94%
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Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
As Ree, 20-year-old Lawrence is an absolute revelation; her performance easily ranks amongst this year's best. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 6, 2010
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97%
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GasLand (2010) |
"
Wielding a banjo and a lyrical sensibility, Fox transforms his documentary into more than a provocative call to arms; this is documentary as poetry."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Nov 6, 2010
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71%
|
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2011) |
"
An impressionistic rendering, a decadent celebration and a downright sexy account of a supremely talented musician, and his ugly mug."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Oct 31, 2010
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96%
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The Social Network (2010) |
"
In a superlative example of art-imitating-life, there was definite alchemy at work on the set of The Social Network...nothing short of a masterpiece."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Oct 25, 2010
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87%
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La Danse -- Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris (2009) |
"
Yes it's long, but like the seven ballet productions it follows, La Danse prizes meticulous, exhaustive and downright entrancing precision...Indeed, La Danse is a film that makes you profoundly grateful documentaries exist. "
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Concrete Playground
Posted Oct 25, 2010
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94%
|
The Town (2010) |
"
An electric heist film played out with an impressive ensemble cast, and grounded in a believably earnest sense of place, Affleck proves Gone Baby Gone was no beginner's luck."
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Concrete Playground
Posted Oct 19, 2010
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85%
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