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Michael Bay's Miami hustle: a one sentence review of Pain and Gain

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"If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder": 10 questions about The Place Beyond the Pines

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Bland Invasion: The Film Doctor's one sentence review of Stephenie Meyer's The Host

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The apotheosis of the Hasbro man of action doll: 7 notes on G. I. Joe: Retaliation

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Messing with the sacred: 8 notes on the betrayals of Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful

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"Who can see the lies?": 7 notes on Side Effects

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