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LAT |
RTMC |
RTC |
note: “~” = the film's name. *RTMC fresh !RTC fresh |
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documentary |
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Power |
yes |
100 |
91 |
lands plenty of hard truths |
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Catching Fire: The Story if Anita Pallenberg |
yes |
100 |
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unflinching portrait; an iconic presence |
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Confessions of a Good Samaritan |
yes |
100 |
|
it does look incredibly rewarding |
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressberger |
yes |
99 |
94 |
*film duo's timeless subversive magic |
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Daughters |
yes |
95 |
96 |
*an achingly beautiful case for second chances |
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Reagan |
yes |
91 |
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!A childish, worshipful portrait |
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Look Into My Eyes |
yes |
89 |
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*compassionate take on a band of psychics |
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Separated |
yes |
88 |
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Trump's shocking immigration solution |
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Union |
yes |
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Essential documentary traces ~ efforts. |
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Mahoney |
yes |
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A rich and absorbing exploration |
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The World According to Allee Willis |
so-so |
96 |
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zesty, illuminating |
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Porcelain War |
no |
18 |
98 |
*sublime and stirring |
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animated |
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Wallace & Grommet: Vengeance Most Fowl |
yes |
100 |
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*A superb return |
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Flow |
yes |
97 |
98 |
*!gorgeous, hypnotic |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 |
yes |
85 |
95 |
*!shows there's still more mileage left |
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Piece by Piece |
yes |
83 |
89 |
*!a gimmick that works |
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Moana 2 |
yes |
61 |
86 |
Dazzling adventure |
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The Garfield Movie |
so-so |
37 |
79 |
isn't a cat-astrophe |
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Inside Out 2 |
no |
91 |
95 |
*!fails to impart anything insightful to an adult audience |
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Mufasa |
no |
57 |
89 |
Is Lion King losing its roar? |
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Despicable Me 4 |
no |
56 |
87 |
swirls with overplotted mania |
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regular movies |
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All We Imagine as Light |
yes |
100 |
69 |
*miraculously subtle piece of work |
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Thelma |
yes |
98 |
83 |
*heralds an unlikely action hero |
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Good One |
yes |
98 |
72 |
revealing and exquisitely composed |
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Coup |
yes |
97 |
98 |
*a tasty morsel of social commentary |
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Sing Sing |
yes |
97 |
97 |
*The quiet power of the arts behind bats. |
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig |
yes |
97 |
94 |
*A metaphor for Iran's societal schism |
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Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World |
yes |
97 |
70 |
*A darkly funny satire of life’s indignities. |
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Kneecap |
yes |
96 |
95 |
*A fist-pumping good time |
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The Count of Monte Cristo |
yes |
96 |
94 |
*back in epic, gripping form |
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Dìdi |
yes |
96 |
91 |
*Friends come and go, but family remains |
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A Real Pain |
yes |
96 |
82 |
*beautifully observed dramady |
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Rebel Ridge |
yes |
96 |
73 |
*has all the right moves |
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Exhibiting Forgiveness |
yes |
95 |
92 |
*A refreshingly bone-deep view |
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Hit Man |
yes |
95 |
91 |
*a breezy comedy-romance crime story |
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The Fire Inside |
yes |
93 |
94 |
*!fleet, full-of-feeling |
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Touch |
yes |
93 |
92 |
*A gentle caress of love haunted memory |
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Juror #2 |
yes |
93 |
91 |
*gently probing/Civic duty leads to morale quagmire |
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Conclave |
yes |
93 |
86 |
*handsomely rendered and meticulously acted |
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Anora |
yes |
93 |
84 |
*!Happily ever after? Hardly |
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The Brutalist |
yes |
93 |
80 |
*whopper of a film |
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Green Border |
yes |
93 |
79 |
*A grim drama about Europe's refugee crisis |
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Close Your Eyes |
yes |
93 |
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*shines with elegant lyricism |
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever |
yes |
92 |
97 |
!Heart-warming holiday high jinks |
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The Order |
yes |
92 |
89 |
*!revelatory and timely |
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The Girl With the Needle |
yes |
92 |
85 |
*grimly transporting experience. |
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The Black Sea |
yes |
92 |
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loose lively and big-hearted tale |
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Evil Does Not Exist |
yes |
91 |
83 |
*A woodsy Eden confronts malice of a modern stripe |
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Nickel Boys |
yes |
91 |
75 |
*Stunning ode to young lives |
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Young Woman and the Sea |
yes |
88 |
96 |
*A true story of perseverance on an epic scale |
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Better Man |
yes |
88 |
90 |
*pop star's ego goes ape in biopic |
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Babes |
yes |
88 |
78 |
*delivers truth of motherhood |
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Wicked: Part I |
yes |
87 |
95 |
*!defies gravity and soars |
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Smile 2 |
yes |
86 |
81 |
*bigger, gorier, more fun than the original |
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Bird |
yes |
86 |
79 |
*a raw fable with a hopeful streak |
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Great Absence |
yes |
86 |
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A haunting puzzle |
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Between the Temples |
yes |
85 |
52 |
*A joyful hymn of praise |
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Janet Planet |
yes |
85 |
48 |
*A quietly luminous film debut |
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Piece by Piece |
yes |
83 |
89 |
*a gimmick that works |
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I Used To Be Funny |
yes |
83 |
69 |
*a full and fulfilling narrative arc |
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Complete Unknown |
yes |
82 |
95 |
*gives off sparks |
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The Fall Guy |
yes |
82 |
85 |
*A stuntman in love should never let go |
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Blitz |
yes |
81 |
81 |
*The finer points of England’s finest hour |
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Room Next Door |
yes |
81 |
76 |
*tough favor for an old friend |
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Alien: Romulus |
yes |
80 |
85 |
*is a very enjoyable [pizza] |
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Widow Clicquot |
yes |
80 |
82 |
*worthy, if abbreviated |
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes |
yes |
80 |
77 |
*Out of this monkey business, a hero is born |
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The Bikeriders |
yes |
80 |
74 |
*evokes a nostalgic cool with a slick style |
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Twisters |
yes |
75 |
90 |
*!bigger and better than the original |
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La Cocina |
yes |
75 |
85 |
*A blast of furious energy |
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Sebastian |
yes |
75 |
61 |
soulful and observant |
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Crossing |
yes |
72 |
50 |
*compassionate, cautiously hopeful |
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Emilia Pérez |
yes |
72 |
16 |
*Danger and passion heat up ~ |
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Immaculate |
yes |
71 |
58 |
cheeky, freaky, lushly designed horror movie |
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Ezra |
yes |
70 |
92 |
A heartfelt road movie driven by autism |
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Gladiator II |
yes |
70 |
82 |
*More sandals and swords, but still satisfying |
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The Universal Theory |
yes |
70 |
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lush air of enchantment and doom |
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Lee |
yes |
67 |
94 |
!a penetrating biopic |
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Rumors |
yes |
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deliciously absurd and Buñuelian |
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Y2K |
yes |
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fascinating test case |
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My Old Ass |
so-so |
90 |
89 |
*fairly traditional coming of age story |
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Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga |
so-so |
90 |
88 |
*forgets what makes ‘Mad Max’ films great |
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Challengers |
so-so |
88 |
75 |
*a trim naughty ferociously acted trifle |
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The Killer |
so-so |
85 |
61 |
*a modestly rousing encore |
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The Apprentice |
so-so |
83 |
84 |
*How ~ became the master |
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Saturday Night |
so-so |
78 |
83 |
*affectionate yet hollow homage |
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Queer |
so-so |
77 |
65 |
*doesn't totally cohere |
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice |
so-so |
75 |
79 |
*Despite its charm, shouldn’t have been summoned |
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Skincare |
so-so |
69 |
60 |
skims the surface |
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin |
so-so |
67 |
92 |
!displaced history |
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Dance First |
so-so |
43 |
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isn't quite Beckettian, but ... |
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The Front Room |
so-so |
41 |
42 |
over-the-top, totally bizarre |
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Venom: The Last Dance |
so-so |
40 |
80 |
A final twirl |
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Kraven the Hunter |
so-so |
15 |
73 |
More dumb and campy fun from Marvel |
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All Shall Be Well |
no |
96 |
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this ache of a movie |
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September 5 |
no |
93 |
90 |
*retro-grainy; dim-bluish lighting |
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Heretic |
no |
91 |
76 |
*the plot [doesn't] quite hold up under scrutiny |
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Day of the Fight |
no |
85 |
93 |
*lumbering though always well intentioned |
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Nosferatu |
no |
84 |
73 |
*too much deference to the original |
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I Saw the TV Glow |
no |
84 |
71 |
*claustrophobic mood piece |
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Speak No Evil |
no |
83 |
83 |
remake turns down volume on malevolence |
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The Outrun |
no |
82 |
82 |
*Slipshod filmmaking |
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We Live in Time |
no |
79 |
83 |
*twisty weepie |
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Tuesday |
no |
76 |
51 |
*If this is death then no thanks |
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Babygirl |
no |
76 |
48 |
*Yaaas queen" to "How hyporitical |
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Blink Twice |
no |
75 |
71 |
*is a dark fantasy that gets lost in its execution |
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MaXXXine |
no |
72 |
75 |
*a flimsy thriller |
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Kinds of Kindness |
no |
71 |
49 |
dirty limericks delivered at an excruciating pace |
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die |
no |
65 |
96 |
!it feels flimsy and disposable |
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Fly Me to the Moon |
no |
65 |
89 |
!Throwback rom-com gets lost |
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1992 |
no |
65 |
88 |
so-so heist caper |
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Oh, Canada |
no |
64 |
91 |
Shaky salute to guilt and suffering |
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Unsung Hero |
no |
61 |
99 |
!murky confusing territory |
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Maria |
no |
59 |
95 |
!a chilly Callas isn't enough |
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Boy Kills World |
no |
58 |
73 |
plenty of gore and even more to bore |
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It Ends With Us |
no |
55 |
89 |
!a stark reality unfortunately gets muddled here |
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Horizon: An American Saga |
no |
51 |
70 |
Costner swings big, and misses |
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Megalopolis |
no |
45 |
35 |
wildly ambitious, overstuffed |
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Slingshot |
no |
38 |
67 |
They’re hitting snooze, and so are we |
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Here |
no |
37 |
58 |
it does not work at all |
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Joker: Folie a Deux |
no |
31 |
31 |
Who are the deux in this folie? |
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Red One |
no |
30 |
90 |
!Santa Claus isn't all that's missing in ~ |
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Harold and the Purple Crayon |
no |
27 |
89 |
!should go back to the drawing board |
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The Fabulous Four |
no |
25 |
71 |
constantly swerves away from anything real |
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The Crow |
no |
21 |
62 |
Desolate 'Crow' can't rise above the muck |
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The Strangers - Chapter 1 |
no |
21 |
43 |
feels overfamiliar |
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Borderlands |
no |
10 |
49 |
game to screen misfire |
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The Investigators |
no |
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Perhaps the ride is too smooth |
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