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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"... a well-tooled premise executed with surprising restraint, at least compared to the gore-centric sadism of the current crop of horror films."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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D |
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(2005) |
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"The tinny dialogue of the clumsy screenplay stumbles over the simplest moments of exposition and revelation and Adam Shankman's anonymous direction is plodding at best..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Too often Solondz mistakes contradiction for complexity in his efforts to prod viewers into a reaction.... Yet his satirical lobs hit the mark enough to be taken seriously..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2006) |
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"The dark fairy tale from Guillermo del Toro is an elemental "Alice in Wonderland" amidst the horrors of Francisco Franco's reign of terror in 1944 Spain."
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MSN.com |
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A |
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(2006) |
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"Like the folk tales from centuries past, Pan's Labyrinth is a dark odyssey with nightmarish visions and cruel threats..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"The boundaries between the material world and the psychic world blur in Satoshi Kon's nightmare thriller about, in the words of the film itself, mental terrorism."
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MSN.com |
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"It's an explosive topic and Abu-Assad walks a fine line through a minefield of issues, all of them explored with intelligence and integrity."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1974) |
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"... arguably the definitive conspiracy thriller of the seventies."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"... modestly but richly sculpted pieces, a feeling carved out of a brief slice of time and place, the discreet suggestion of a relationship in just a couple of minutes."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2000) |
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"... for all the bizarre elements (such as a veteran voyeur who calls himself Captain Banana), it doesn't go anywhere."
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MSN.com |
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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""... equal parts freakish fashion show and tawdry melodrama of the rise and fall of a superficial celebrity.""
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1933) |
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"... utterly contemporary to the times, a stylized snapshot of working class life in 1933 Japan, and Ozu's details of their subsistence existence... creates a rich atmosphere."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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6/10 |
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(1999) |
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[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"[Yutaka ] Tsuchiya captures a unique culture of social dropouts ... a collision of alienation, isolation, fashionable nihilism and exhibitionism..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"This fairy tale feels pleasantly down-to-earth."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"... terrific piece of filmmaking, so well-tuned that you never see machinery at work until the gears all click into place."
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Seanax.com |
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A |
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(2007) |
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"While not visually explicit, "Persepolis" is an uncompromising look at the culture of Iran as seen by an observant and open-minded child..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A |
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(2003) |
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"Deft and delightful."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1934) |
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"... Powell directs with a snappy energy and an eye for imagery..."
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MSN.com |
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(1998) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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Nitrate Online |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"... an involving and empathetic drama of mothers and daughters."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1965) |
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"... plays like Godard's formal farewell to his past films, a last play with his old toys before putting them into storage and moving on to more serious concerns"
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(2008) |
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"What keeps the film so engagingly off-balance is the mix of perfectly pitched stoner humor and the visceral punch of the genre mixing..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"There are no surprises in this match, but director Fumihiko Sori makes the games visually thrilling and communicates the athletic nirvana of high-level competition..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Bigger, busier and longer, the third and (we hope) final chapter of the swashbuckling Disney adventure franchise based on a theme park ride becomes almost abstract..."
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MSN.com |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"As brisk, busy and inconsequential as you would expect from a film based on a Disneyland ride..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Depp keeps the film delightfully off balance with his unpredictable comic weave, bobbing and swaying like a punch-drunk fighter..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"... just as incomprehensible and visually arresting as Suzuki's '60s classics, but the delirious madness and headlong energy is gone."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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8/10 |
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(1998) |
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[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1974) |
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"The script, social commentary, idealism and minimalist futurism design comes right out of Star Trek..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(1965) |
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"Though never particularly scary, Bava has a cool way with the alien eerieness of it all..."
[movie review] |
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St@tic Multimedia |
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(2007) |
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"... a scruffy, over-the-top zombie action film... filled with action, horror, gore, tough guys, sexy chicks, and of course ocular trauma."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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(1984) |
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"Part master class presentation, part workshop, part Socratic dialogue, it plays out in the manner of an actor's workshop..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(1967) |
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"A film comedy directed with the grace of a ballet, the painstaking detail of an action painting and the affection of a love song..."
[movie review] |
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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"An essential set for animation buffs."
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MSN.com |
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(2006) |
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"Altman enjoys the company of the characters and their swirl of sweet-and-sour chemistry but has little luck creating any drama from the situation..."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"... the way it brazenly mixes matter-of-fact brutality with the deadpan comedy of the fumbling execution and slapdash cover-up is inspired..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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D |
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(2005) |
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"(Marcus) Siega plays racism, class disdain, ignorance and self-absorption for glib laughs in his equally glib satire..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"An inspirational tale of a real-life underdog triumph hacked down into the familiar shape of a rousing Hollywood feel-good film..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"[Gavin] O'Connor never captures the edge of danger, anger and moral stands being ground up in compromise."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1942) |
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"It's the American Dream incarnate... recreated as an irresistible drama of Hollywood craft, sentimentalism and star power."
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MSN.com |
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(1981) |
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"... explores the blurred lines between virtue and vice, the tangled nature of effective cops and the messy reality of justice."
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Full of sleek and often stunning images and thrilling effects set to the constant throbbing of an electronic score."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1987) |
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"Both celebrating and spoofing fantasy adventures conventions, the high energy swashbuckler is full of tongue-in-cheek humor that only enhances the fun."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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(1997) |
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"Hayao Miyazaki recasts the mythic tale of man's dominion over the earth with an animist mythology and a conservationist message..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"... as politically defiant a metaphor for Israeli-Palestinian relations in the occupied territories as you'll ever see on screen."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1933) |
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"... an illusion of grand production values and produced and released... with a mix of high culture and popular showmanship."
[movie review] |
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(2002) |
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"It's a nature study of the dysfunctional family unit in its native habitat and Lafosse's camera captures every behavioral nuance with cold clarity."
[movie review] |
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(1967) |
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"[Director Peter] Watkins doesn't bother with subtlety [and] he finds a strange, almost Christ-like figure in the passive [Paul] Jones..."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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(1967) |
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"Watkins doesn't offer any pretense of subtlety in his brash portrait of pop stardom and the entertainment industry as the opiate of the masses..."
[movie review] |
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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