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51%
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Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's (2013)
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"Fawning, but fun and fashion forward."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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63%
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2 Guns (2013)
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"There's enough gleeful use of T-N-T in this fun-fare flick to make Wile E. Coyote look like Mahatma Gandhi."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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55%
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Thale (2013)
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"Hokey CGI; if the budget wasn't enough to make the effects good enough, they should have been left out entirely."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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85%
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Sightseers (2013)
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"Sightseers is not worth seeing at all."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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63%
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Kiss Of The Damned (2013)
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"Just about any episode of True Blood is sexier, more entertaining and thought-provoking than Kiss of the Damned."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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27%
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Erased (2013)
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"It's a serviceable thriller, but brings nothing new to the arena."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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68%
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Barrymore (2012)
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"In spite of creating a CGI world around Plummer, much is lost in this translation, making an impressive performance from him seem inert."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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76%
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Augustine (2013)
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"As the plot unfolds, the aim comes undone, leaving the viewer abandoned and wanting."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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53%
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Come Out And Play (2013)
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"A relentlessly routine remake."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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61%
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Jack Reacher (2012)
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"Cast and production value went quite a long ways for me in smoothing out an otherwise bumpy road."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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81%
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The Impossible (2012)
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"...a brilliant disaster film and a refreshing recalibration from those of the sensational sort."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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92%
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
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"Silver Linings Playbook is really touching, and more memorable than all the rom-coms of 2012 put together."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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44%
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On the Road (2012)
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"Shocking revelation! The movie is not as good as the book."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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75%
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
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"It's a rollercoaster: long talky tete a tetes, punctuated with shocking violence (both of which are masterfully presented)."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"More than anything, Skyfall is about the Bond girls. They've come a long way, baby. Fully-formed, strong-thinking, and smart, pivotal characters, Skyfall focuses firmly on M, and rookie Eve."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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63%
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Café de Flore (2012)
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"Affectionate, sexy, thought-provoking, devastating, beautiful, bittersweet, life-affirming... Cafe de Flore is all that, and more. See it, listen to it, believe it."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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Here Comes the Devil ()
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"It's not outright terrifying, but Here Comes the Devil is subtly scary and well worth a look."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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38%
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The ABCs of Death (2013)
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"As to expected, ABCs is a mixed bag. It's just too bad there aren't more treats than tricks in this Halloween haul."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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83%
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Berberian Sound Studio (2013)
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"I appreciated the caressing style of the cinematography, fetishizing and sexualizing even the most inanimate and mundane recording equipment and sound-related props, but it's overall hollow and unsatisfying."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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91%
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Holy Motors (2012)
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"Whatever your approach to the schoizoid storyline, you're unlikely to ever forget the exhilarating, eruptive cinematic splooge of Holy Motors. "
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Staci Layne Wilson
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95%
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The Hunt (2013)
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"Gripping; there's more suspense and white knuckle tension in this Danish drama than 90% of the outright horror films I saw this year."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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93%
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Room 237 (2013)
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"Think of it as Trekkies for the horror set. "
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Staci Layne Wilson
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82%
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De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) (2012)
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"The best movies encompass not only story, direction, acting, and a certain visceral passion, but striking visuals and amazing audio as well. (I don't ask for much!) Rust and Bone fulfills all."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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95%
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West of Memphis (2012)
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"Excellent director and investigative reporter Amy Berg had the support of producers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, musicians Henry Rollins and Eddie Vedder, all of whom are a part of the presentation."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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93%
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The Central Park Five (2012)
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"While the film is educational, it also packs an emotional and thoughtful punch without ever being manipulative. "
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Staci Layne Wilson
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93%
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Amour (2012)
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"Somber, noble, and in a way quite beautiful even in its spartan brutality, Haneke has made a movie that is About Something. "
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Staci Layne Wilson
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73%
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Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2011)
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"As a musical mischief maker who exuded endless existential ennui, Serge's complexity is just too ungainly for any one biopic - but G:AHL is great starter kit. "
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Staci Layne Wilson
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59%
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Kaboom (2011)
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"It's a cream puff... full of maggots. I loved it!"
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Staci Layne Wilson
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50%
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
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"Grave and heavy from start to finish, Legends of the Guardians doesn’t really take flight until the glorious battle scene at the end."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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85%
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Easy A (2010)
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"I give Easy A an A for amusing. It's probably not bound to be a classic, but Stone shines with star power and it's worth the price of admission for some laughs."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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12%
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Love Ranch (2010)
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"Love Ranch won't be everyone's cup of glee, but if you've enjoyed some of the more frenzied roles of the stars (think: Casino meets The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone) you cannot go wrong with this delightfully unrestrained and larger-than-life spectacle."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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81%
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Broken Embraces (2009)
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"Writer director Pedro Almodovar and his longtime muse Penelope make movie magic in this melodramatic mystery, Broken Embraces."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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83%
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The Ghost Writer (2010)
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"With cheeky nods to old school Faustian mysteries like Sunset Blvd. and The Third Man, The Ghost Writer is full of nail-biting suspense, dark humor, sexual tension and revelations hiding around every corner."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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70%
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The Last Station (2010)
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"This just in! Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren can act."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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39%
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Inkheart (2009)
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"Absolutely adorable and enormously entertaining."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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Ruffian (2007)
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"While there are some missteps in the equine casting (several different horses were used, and it's obvious), the look and feel of the movie is top-notch."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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62%
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Cat People (1982)
|
"Kitten's got claws!"
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Staci Layne Wilson
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92%
|
Cat People ()
|
"Beautiful and strange film, a timeless classic."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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40%
|
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
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"Not captivating."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
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"Pure camp, a moral, and Raymond Burr... how can you go wrong?"
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Staci Layne Wilson
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The Bride and the Beast (1958)
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"Hot monkey love (in a G-rated setting, of course)!"
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Staci Layne Wilson
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94%
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Beauty and The Beast (La Belle et la bête) (1946)
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"French director Jean Cocteau's enchanting, heartbreakingly beautiful surrealist version [is the best of all]."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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Creeper (1989)
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"Fearsome felines pounce!"
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Staci Layne Wilson
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——
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The Ape Man (Lock Your Doors) (1943)
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"This is some family: A sister and a brother are a medium and a mad scientist, respectively."
|
Staci Layne Wilson
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23%
|
Who's That Girl? (2003)
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"Zany 80s trash just barely saved by a cool cougar."
|
Staci Layne Wilson
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88%
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When the Cat's Away (Chacun cherche son chat) (1996)
|
"Sort of a French 'Dude, Where's My Cat?' ..."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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——
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Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
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"Tame by today's standards, but the Saul Bass title sequnce can't be beat."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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——
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Uninvited ()
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"A hairball of a horror movie."
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Staci Layne Wilson
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0%
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The Uncanny (2004)
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"Uncannily awful."
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Staci Layne Wilson
|
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50%
|
Two Evil Eyes (1990)
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"Cool cats kill!"
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Staci Layne Wilson
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