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B-
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Face
(2002)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Mar 13, 2021
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B-
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(undefined)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Oct 20, 2018
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6.5/10
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Strangers When We Meet
(1960)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Adult drama in the style of Douglas Sirk, mostly believable (except for Matthau's action at the end) but lacks the poetic quality that elevated Sirk's best works.
Posted Dec 01, 2009
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B+
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The Notorious Bettie Page
(2006)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted May 28, 2006
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B
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Friends With Money
(2006)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted May 28, 2006
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B
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District B13
(2004)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted May 22, 2006
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D
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Fierce People
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted May 22, 2006
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5.5/10
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Cabiria
(1914)
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Jeff Vorndam
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This early epic Italian silent feels choppy, most likely the result of missing so many scenes to the ravages of time. As a result, the story is hard to follow, and there aren't even identifiable characters. Some nifty set-pieces impressed me with their sc
Posted May 17, 2006
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C-
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Wah-Wah
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted May 13, 2006
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2/5
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Two Girls and a Guy
(1997)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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In the Heat of the Night
(1967)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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Stone Reader
(2002)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Books are awesome. That's the primary theme of Mark Moskowitz's documentary about his quest to track down the author of Stones of the Summer, a book he loved when he read it in 1972. Within that umbrella theme Moskowitz explores why first-time authors of
Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
(1972)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Up in Smoke
(1978)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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Slap Shot
(1977)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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The Kentucky Fried Movie
(1977)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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Darling
(1965)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Julie Christie won Best Actress and Frederic Raphael Best Screenplay, but I was most impressed with Dirk Bogarde as the spurned lover in John Schelsinger's morality fable about a modern girl's implacable vacuousness.
Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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Valmont
(1989)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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Henry V
(1989)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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Time Bandits
(1981)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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4/5
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Junior Bonner
(1972)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Lesser known and underappreciated Sam Peckinpah film starring Steve McQueen. It's a quiet character-driven story about an aging rodeo star who visits his family on one of his stops. There's little of the characteristic Peckinpah violence, but the theme of
Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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The Changeling
(1980)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Miracle on 34th Street
(1994)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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The Letter
(1940)
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Jeff Vorndam
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More subtle than most melodramas, and as much a look at male gullibility as female manipulation. Another fine performance from Bette Davis.
Posted May 01, 2006
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1/5
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Arachnophobia
(1990)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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4/5
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Nashville
(1975)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Just this side of brilliant ... if the country songs were shorter and less numerous I'd probably give it a '5'. As it stands, no other film (save maybe Taxi Driver) capture the post Vietnam, post Watergate malaise better.
Posted May 01, 2006
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1/5
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Dark Star
(1974)
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Jeff Vorndam
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This is allegedly a comedy, but it's so amateur-hour that it's difficult to find laughs when the poor soundtrack muffles most of the dialogue.
Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Raw Deal
(1948)
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Jeff Vorndam
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A lesser effort from Anthony Mann, with a rudimentary plot but striking cinematography from John Alton. It's a movie where the hero is only less evil than the villains, and it's downbeat, dark, and low-budget. The bare-bones plot is strictly a means to vi
Posted May 01, 2006
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0/5
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Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)
(1994)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Limelight
(1952)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Limelight is a conundrum. It's a film about a famous comedian who is past his prime and who has lost touch with his audience, made by a director who is a famous comedian past his prime and who has lost touch with his audience. The film's protagonist, play
Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
(1978)
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Jeff Vorndam
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I appreciated this movie more for its mise-en-scene (which, given Fassbinder's idiosyncratic style, often begs to be beheld) than its allegorical content. The arrangement of the actors in the screen-space, so conspicuously unnatural, has a comedic and dis
Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Five Graves to Cairo
(1943)
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Jeff Vorndam
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The story isn't all that believable, and there's just little to get excited about --not suspenseful, funny, romantic, etc. Ho-hum.
Posted May 01, 2006
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1/5
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A League of Their Own
(1992)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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4/5
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Midnight Run
(1988)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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North Dallas Forty
(1979)
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Jeff Vorndam
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The closest thing to a good football movie, North Dallas Forty sports an excellent performance from Nick Nolte and emphasizes the pain and manipulation involved in the sport. Few of the actors look like professional athletes, but maybe that's the way it w
Posted May 01, 2006
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3/5
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The Three Musketeers
(1973)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Porky's
(1981)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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City Hall
(1996)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Cloak and Dagger
(1984)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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Immortal Beloved
(1994)
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Jeff Vorndam
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The plot is an excuse to get at the real meat of the film: what feelings informed the magnificent, passionate music of Ludwig van Beethoven? The answers the film comes up with are somewhat trite, and apart from Oldman, no one in the cast seems up to task.
Posted May 01, 2006
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2/5
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King Kong
(1976)
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Jeff Vorndam
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Posted May 01, 2006
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D
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Manderlay
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Jan 17, 2006
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D-
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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Jan 17, 2006
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B-
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The Matador
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Jan 10, 2006
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A-
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Match Point
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Dec 29, 2005
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C-
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The Ice Harvest
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Dec 24, 2005
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C+
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The World's Fastest Indian
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Dec 19, 2005
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C+
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Mrs. Henderson Presents
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Dec 14, 2005
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B-
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Ellie Parker
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Dec 14, 2005
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B+
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Brokeback Mountain
(2005)
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Carlo Cavagna
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Posted Dec 10, 2005
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