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76%
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Kick-Ass (2010)
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"Kick-Ass is a gloriously bloodthirsty action romp that is funny, violent and stunningly entertaining."
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Mark Adams
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39%
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2012 (2009)
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"An astonishingly impressive and entertaining disaster movie... one of the must-see films of the year."
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Mark Adams
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100%
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Citizen Kane (1941)
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"Truly one of the greatest films ever."
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Mark Adams
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94%
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An Education (2009)
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"An Education is a brilliant learning curve - one of the best British films of the year."
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Mark Adams
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57%
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9 (2009)
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"A cumbersome and trite "dangerous rise of technology" story that fails to engage."
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Mark Adams
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38%
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
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"This stylish tale of teen terror is impressive but unsatisfying."
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Mark Adams
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25%
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
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"This scattershot comedy hits a few targets but is so desperate to amuse it feels more like a series of rejected TV sketches than a movie."
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Mark Adams
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93%
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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"Yes, Fantastic Mr Fox is clever. But it is also a rather slight film that you smile at rather than really enjoy."
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Mark Adams
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90%
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Zombieland (2009)
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"The best zom-com since Shaun of the Dead... a delightfully sharp and smart comedy actioner that is funny, thrilling and just a little bit gory."
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Mark Adams
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98%
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Up (2009)
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"Up is quite wonderful entertainment blending moving moments with action-packed sequences and comedy. Buoyant and beautiful, it is a movie must."
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Mark Adams
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56%
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The Soloist (2009)
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"The Soloist is a moving and well-made film, but you just can't help feeling it is a little too contrived and simplistic."
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Mark Adams
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46%
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Creation (2010)
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"A well-made piece of period drama that sorely lacks any lightness or passion."
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Mark Adams
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21%
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The Red Baron (Der rote Baron) (2008)
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"Looks terrific when up in the air amidst the dogfights, but falls flat back on the ground."
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Mark Adams
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87%
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
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"A modern romance for grown-ups... a sweet-natured, funny, deeply-romantic tale that brims with energy and is blessed with top-notch performances."
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Mark Adams
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91%
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District 9 (2009)
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"District 9 is one of the very best films of the year - packed with suspense, action, humour and great performances, and directed with real style and panache... brilliant!"
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Mark Adams
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97%
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The Hurt Locker (2009)
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"An amazingly powerful movie that will leave you reeling. This mustsee movie is dazzlingly well made."
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Mark Adams
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68%
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Funny People (2009)
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"Life, death and comedy... Funny People is a thoughtful and funny comedy indulgence."
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Mark Adams
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81%
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Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces) (Broken Hugs) (2009)
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"The film may lack great depth, but it is a visual treat about films within films and packed with top performances."
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Mark Adams
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50%
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
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"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a classy updating of the original, strong on pace and atmosphere, with Travolta and Washington making a great doubleact."
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Mark Adams
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27%
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Land of the Lost (2009)
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"A lumbering and largely unamusing comedy adventure. Ferrell and McBride are occasionally funny when they head into improv territory, but on the whole it is a limp affair."
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Mark Adams
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98%
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Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il West) (1968)
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"Stunning big-screen cowboy film."
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Mark Adams
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43%
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The Proposal (2009)
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"Ignore the underlying fact that The Proposal is one big cliché of a movie and relish Bullock's ability to handle slapstick comedy as well as the smart line delivery."
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Mark Adams
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97%
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Burma VJ: Reporter i et Lukket Land (Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country) (2008)
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"As a film it is uneven but as a news document it is uncompromising and compelling."
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Mark Adams
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85%
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Kisses (2010)
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"This delicate, charming low-budget Irish film is a gem worth discovering. A thoughtful and whimsical film."
|
Mark Adams
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87%
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Frozen River (2008)
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"While there is much to admire, there is little to enjoy as downtrodden folk try to make money the hard way. At heart it is a sentimental drama that rarely connects."
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Mark Adams
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89%
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Moon (2009)
|
"A smart futuristic tale, blending paranoia, drama and humour."
|
Mark Adams
|
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96%
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35 Rhums (35 Shots of Rum) (2008)
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"Warm, affectionate and oddly absorbing."
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Mark Adams
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67%
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
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"It deserves to be appreciated for what it is - a smart and quirky tale that is also oddly upbeat."
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Mark Adams
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67%
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Brüno (Bruno) (2009)
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"For the majority of its short running time Brüno is a masterpiece of comedy by embarrassment."
|
Mark Adams
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45%
|
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3) (2009)
|
"The laughs are balanced with some outstanding action sequences."
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Mark Adams
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67%
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Public Enemies (2009)
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"Public Enemies is one of those films that lurches between sheer brilliance and muddled moments... but it does feature Johnny Depp in terrific form and is worth seeing just for him alone."
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Mark Adams
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83%
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Telstar (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story) (2009)
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"Telstar is still an oddly compulsive story of an exuberant mess of a man who played a key role in British pop history."
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Mark Adams
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38%
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Gigantic (2009)
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"Gigantic tries so hard to be cute and quirky it forgets it should also try to be interesting."
|
Mark Adams
|
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20%
|
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
|
"In terms of explosions, firepower and sheer shrill, all-action, popcorn entertainment it is hard to see how this big'n'bold sequel can be topped this year."
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Mark Adams
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48%
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Doghouse (2009)
|
"A nicely gory comedy-horror flick that is a diverting bit of lads' entertainment."
|
Mark Adams
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78%
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The Hangover (2009)
|
"A devilishly smart comedy gem that manages to blend the raunchy and the rowdy with some deliciously left-field humour."
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Mark Adams
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42%
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The Last House on the Left (2009)
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"A thoroughly nasty rape revenge tale that's short on logic but strong on blood and brutality. An unpleasant movie experience."
|
Mark Adams
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70%
|
Last Chance Harvey (2009)
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"This good-natured London-set rom-com for the over-40s is delightfully performed and gently amusing, but it can't shake its need for schmaltz and sentimentality."
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Mark Adams
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33%
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
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"This is a much more straightforward, all-gunsblazing sci-fi tale of downat-heel humanity at war with some rather nasty machines."
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Mark Adams
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21%
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Fireflies in the Garden (2011)
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"The elements are all there but never fully click into place - more like a TV movie than a big-screen drama."
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Mark Adams
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24%
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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
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"This toe-curling dip into the sickly-sweet musical world of the Jonas brothers is innocuous and dull."
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Mark Adams
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29%
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12 Rounds (2009)
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"While the plot is completely daft the film is also engagingly diverting."
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Mark Adams
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92%
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Drag Me to Hell (2009)
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"The great thing about Drag Me To Hell is that it is laugh-out-loud funny as well as scream-out-loud scary... and as one who has a hard time with horror movies, I must say it is darn entertaining."
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Mark Adams
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43%
|
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
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"It's not quite as good as the unfairly maligned first instalment but, for parents, this is a foolproof way of filling a slot over the Bank Holiday weekend."
|
David Edwards
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35%
|
Awaydays (2009)
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"The film tries to blend Seventies music, fashion and a grim backdrop, but at heart it's a nasty and limp story told better by other movies."
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Mark Adams
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71%
|
Tormented (2009)
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"Cool, sexy, amusing and nicely chilling, Tormented is a smart bit of home-grown slasher mayhem."
|
Mark Adams
|
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73%
|
La Fille Coupée en Deux (The Girl Cut in Two) (A Girl Cut in Two) (2008)
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"Heavy-handed French drama is a clumsy affair."
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Mark Adams
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43%
|
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
|
"Night at the Museum 2 is a fistful of family fun... brimming with amusing lines, great effects and a series of smart cameo performances."
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Mark Adams
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53%
|
French Film (2009)
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"An engagingly lightweight romcom."
|
Mark Adams
|
|
68%
|
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
|
"Charlie Kaufman's playfully indulgent brainteaser is intriguing and annoying in equal measure. The cast are great and take it very seriously but while it is a strangely clever film at times, it is never an easy journey.."
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Mark Adams
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