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91%
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We Are What We Are ()
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"There are some terrific performances in this film, most notably from Childers and Garner, who move seamlessly from wide-eyed naivete to fierce protectiveness. And man, is this a gorgeous, well-put together film."
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Kim Voynar
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"When you are making a smart movie and end up getting dumb because "that's the way it has to be... it's a studio movie... they need sequel options...," it's really a shame."
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David Poland
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46%
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Pain & Gain (2013)
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"Michael Bay has the brain, camera skills, and balls to make this movie a tough as it can be. But he doesn't have the inclination to slow down and trust the drama. "
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David Poland
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86%
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About Sunny ()
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"Lauren Ambrose has a career-high turn in Think of Me, writer-director Brian Wizemann's smart, suspenseful, intimate film."
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Kim Voynar
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60%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
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"There were things that offered promise... but one after the other, they blended into the blandness of the storytelling."
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David Poland
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82%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013)
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"The Place Beyond The Pines is classic melodrama... the kind Hollywood made in black and white "
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David Poland
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66%
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Spring Breakers (2013)
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"it's spring break kitsch, these girls following the yellow-stained road through Oz, with Franco as The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, AND The Lion. "
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David Poland
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74%
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Les Miserables (1998)
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"I feel like saying I hate this movie. I really don't. I was just bored out of my mind by its lack of anything real. "
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David Poland
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52%
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This is 40 (2012)
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"A giant leap for Apatow-kind."
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David Poland
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93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
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"This is as fine a piece of filmmaking as you will see. While many will prefer other types of films, this film hits to all fields in a way that others just don't even try."
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David Poland
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48%
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
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"Never mistake this for a Good Film. But like going to see a horror film or a low-end action movie... it was that kind of good time."
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David Poland
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67%
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Cloud Atlas (2012)
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David Poland
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78%
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Flight (2012)
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" This is one of the movies where the audience enjoys the parts more than they feel the sum of those parts."
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David Poland
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"This Bond film is an anti-Bond film. Bond continues to be a hard, brooding guy. But this time the villain in the piece, Bardem, brings him to life. (non-spoiler review)"
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David Poland
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82%
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
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"It's a mostly fun and entertaining romp through the lighter side of darkness -- or at least, dark comedy."
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Kim Voynar
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86%
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The Master (2012)
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"This is probably PTA's least accessible movie for general audiences. But it is also his most mature work as a filmmaker."
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David Poland
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31%
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Total Recall (2012)
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"This is not the worst film you'll see this year. It's not even the most disappointing film of the summer. But it sucks pretty bad."
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David Poland
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87%
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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"The Dark Knight Rises is the movie a filmmaker makes after they have earned the freedom to break the mold and to reach for something bigger than the franchise."
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David Poland
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70%
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
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"This one's a winner."
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Kim Voynar
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74%
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Prometheus (2012)
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"The best film of the summer so far."
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David Poland
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97%
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Paul Williams Still Alive (2012)
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"I kinda loved Paul Williams Still Alive."
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David Poland
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93%
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Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
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"Comic geeks can collectively sigh with deep relief: Joss Whedon has taken their beloved Avengers and given them back a well-directed, action-packed, brilliantly written film."
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Kim Voynar
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93%
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Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
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"I just wish it was actually a really good, memorable summer Movie Movie. And it's not. It doesn't suck, but it's not One Of Those."
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David Poland
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51%
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The Three Stooges (2012)
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"Anyone who pans this film needs the stick taken out of their butt. Nyuk Nyuk."
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David Poland
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85%
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The Hunger Games (2012)
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"... while Battle Royale is good bloody dystopian fun, The Hunger Games has a better, more completely drawn story and interweaving of theme. And it has Katniss Everdeen, who's a completely kick-ass female protagonist. "
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Kim Voynar
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85%
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The Hunger Games (2012)
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"Why is the movie like eating the white of a hard boiled egg with no salt, pepper, or any other flavor except "white?""
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David Poland
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90%
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Footnote (2012)
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David Poland
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51%
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John Carter (2012)
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"30% less story would have been really helpful and made for a better film. At least for people who are not just watching something they have already imagined in their heads."
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David Poland
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85%
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21 Jump Street (2012)
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"This is one of those movies that is much better than expected, but is still for a specific audience."
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David Poland
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77%
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War Horse (2011)
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"One cannot help but to root for this horse like you would root for any of the great heroes of the movies. He embodies the traits of persistence, courage, and survival. "
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David Poland
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74%
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The Lie (2011)
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"This is an assured directorial debut that goes beyond what we often see out of indie filmmakers."
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Kim Voynar
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44%
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J. Edgar (2011)
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"When I think of how brilliantly rendered some of Eastwood's"stuck men" have been, I am all the more frustrated."
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David Poland
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83%
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!Women Art Revolution (2011)
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"This doc is real gem -- as relevant to the feminist art movement as Exit Through the Gift Shop was for street art, albeit less flashy in its composition."
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Kim Voynar
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90%
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
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"That the film works so effectively is in large part due to the terrific performances by Olsen and Hawkes and the way they play off each other."
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Kim Voynar
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77%
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Melancholia (2011)
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"Like all of Von Trier's work, Melancholia requires seeing beyond the surface of what he shows us to find the connections between his characters and ourselves."
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Kim Voynar
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29%
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The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)
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"You're kidding, right?"
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David Poland
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72%
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Carnage (2011)
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"Great cast... all in the wrong roles. By singling out the characters and isolating them instead of letting them breathe as a group, Polanski kills the rhythm of the piece."
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David Poland
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98%
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The Artist (2011)
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"It's a lot like falling in love. You can't really express what it is you feel, but you feel it so powerfully, you can't ever imagine not feeling it."
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David Poland
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85%
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Contagion (2011)
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"A masterpiece bound by the genre it lives in, but a masterpiece all the same."
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David Poland
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83%
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Warrior (2011)
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"It's a great fight movie, even if you, like me, could not care less about Mixed Martial Arts. But it also plumbs the emotional depth in a way that The Fighter really focused on doing, but never quite did."
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David Poland
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92%
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Senna (2011)
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David Poland
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25%
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The Change-Up (2011)
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"The thing you need to know about The Change-Up is that it is epically raunchy. I expected very little and had a lot of laughs in this movie."
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David Poland
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78%
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
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"There is a 5 minute sequence that holds up against the greatest romantic films of all time. Then there's the rest, which I won't stop to watch on cable/satellite next year."
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David Poland
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76%
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The Help (2011)
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"This tiny slice of the south works as a summer diversion that works out what used to be worked out by reading a good paperback."
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David Poland
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98%
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Project Nim (2011)
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|
David Poland
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44%
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
|
"Cowboys & Aliens is no less than the first colossal, epic turd of the Summer of 2011."
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David Poland
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71%
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Friends With Benefits (2011)
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David Poland
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63%
|
The Afterlight (2010)
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"The director-writer-editor pair, and cinematographer White, show a sheer love of moviemaking that often makes their film a joy to watch."
|
Michael Wilmington
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32%
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The Ward (2011)
|
|
David Poland
|
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89%
|
Crime After Crime (2011)
|
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David Poland
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78%
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