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(2006) |
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"The laid-back film is mostly easygoing talk, but Freeman makes you believe this self-effacing superstar genuinely enjoys the company of everyone he meets..."
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MSN.com |
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(2008) |
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"... a dull, dumb compendium of recycled adventure epic clichés."
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MSN.com |
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(2008) |
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"... a dull compendium of recycled adventure epic cliches."
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Seanax.com |
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6/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Harmless and thoroughly unmemorable."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"... a compelling and sobering lesson in the devastating effect of human industry on the planet. But a lesson nonetheless."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1957) |
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"Sidney Lumet... effectively modulates the drama without ever taking the camera out of the jury room until the verdict is in and the jury is out."
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MSN.com |
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(2006) |
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"Gela Babluani creates tension with a stripped-down style and an unflinching camera and drives the film with a crisp pace that feels both out-of-control and achingly protracted."
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GreenCine |
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(1999) |
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"... comes off as little more than a holo-deck adventure from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, only with better production values."
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Nitrate Online |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"... a satisfying piece of genre filmmaking."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"It's cute and funny and prickly, with a humor that cushions the conflicts humming just under the surface."
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MSN.com |
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(1957) |
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"As in the best of Harryhausen's creations, the creature from outer space has an endearing personality that comes through its skittish movements and uncomprehending face."
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MSN.com |
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A |
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(2005) |
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"... rich, lush -- simply exquisite"
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"It’s the old Hollywood game of payback in place of amends, which makes for short-term satisfaction but a hollow payoff."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Anne Fletcher, a dancer/choreographer turned director, moves the film along smoothly, hitting the marks and timing the jokes right. It's connect-the-dots filmmaking by a talented tracer."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Fresnadillo drives the scenes of zombie mayhem with a jumpy camera and a fractured editing style that adds a sense of panic to the chaos..."
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Don't expect scary from this trilogy of short horror films from a trio of Asia's most interesting directors, which are not so much extreme as twisted."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Forget realism, this is Greek history as "The Lord of the Rings" myth and spectacle, with thousands of gigabytes of black CGI blood spilled and spattered across the screen."
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MSN.com |
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(1957) |
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"Set during a drought in the empty, parched West, this is a film defined by emptiness and dust, its players alone and vulnerable in the eerie landscape."
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MSN.com |
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(2007) |
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"It's a brutal film about brutal people on the frontier, where even the "good guys" are often thugs in it for the money..."
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MSN.com |
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A+ |
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(2008) |
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"... a grueling and deeply affecting human drama."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A |
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(2006) |
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"51 Birch Street, like the best of the recent wave of personal documentaries, is both a compelling story and an eye-opening bit of social history."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1998) |
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""54" starts out as an exploration of a culture based on the cultivation of surfaces, and winds up all surface itself."
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Nitrate Online |
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A |
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(2005) |
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"These aren't puzzle pieces that fit snuggly together but fragments of character in revealing moments when weakness or pettiness overcome calm and affection."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Ingeniously engineered, self-consciously clever and directed with snazzy style, it's played as a violent black comedy with often-gruesome punch lines."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Spottiswoode and Schwarzenegger deliver a clever and colorful conspiratorial thriller with high-energy action scenes, car crashes a go-go, spectacular technology and big explosions, packaged with ferocious glee and spoofing humor."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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"... a tribute to the magic of movies and moviemaking set and shot in Almeria, Spain (home to scores of sixties westerns)."
[movie review] |
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St@tic Multimedia |
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(2009) |
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"The delight is in the detail. The character designs are marvelous and the surface details playful and inventive..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"it's really about the absence of emotional intimacy, which is telling but hardly compelling..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"The atmosphere of schizophrenia, paranoia and disconnection from reality is the most faithful screen adaptation of Dick's sensibility to date."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1929) |
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"An Indian cast, a German director, and a mix of European and Indian financing came together to create this delicious 1929 silent romantic adventure..."
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"... a painful and poignant film at once empathetic and critical, more soberly unnerving than exciting, but never less than compelling."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Hans Petter Moland avoids the usual movie cliches of addiction and abuse in his fierce, discomforting portraits..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Stuart Townsend does an impressive balancing act in "About Adam," a sly romantic comedy set in Dublin that makes a case for the virtue of infidelity. Sort of."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"Amiably banal and instantly forgettable, it gets a barely passing grade largely for just showing up."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1951) |
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"Billy Wilder is the American cinema's most famous cynic, but nothing in his career is as scathing as his indictment of the American media circus..."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"I can't think of another film in which the embarrassment over a freak bowel movement impedes the course of love and commitment."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"Director Paul Schrader is too removed from the powerful emotions roiling through the film, but it may be the only way to handle the horrors he's forced to confront."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"The innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Jensen doesn't pretend it's cute and/or harmless -- there's a fascinating ambiguity to the happy fantasy laid over the misery and failure."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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(2009) |
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"Greg Mottola's semi-autobiographical coming of age comedy is as smart and perceptive as they come."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"It's less outrageously funny than Superbad but more savvy."
[dvd review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(1988) |
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"The celebration of storytelling and the magic of fantasy is not really a kids film... but the whimsical treat does capture the spirit of innocent wonder, even with the nightmare ripples."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"There is such a joy of play in the film that it's easy to overlook the overdone performances and the lazy script shortcuts."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2000) |
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"It’s a modest film but rich with observation and unspoken regret, and the texture of their performances bring it to life."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1997) |
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"Schrader has made his reputation revealing the scarred psyches of American men.... In "Affliction" he creates his most poignant and powerful work."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Weekly |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"... a rousing celebration of a genuine people's hero and a timely reminder that a free press is the greatest weapon in the arsenal of democracy and freedom."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"... the debut feature from French director Audrey Estrougo has echoes of Abdellatif Kechiche's L'Esquive... but has its own sensibility and its own vivid surprises."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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(1980) |
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"Is it the best comedy ever made? I don't know, but it surely is the funniest.I stand by that. And don't call me Shirley."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"... a celebratory drama engineered to leave you choked up and cheering."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"It's not much of a plot and TV veteran director Geoffrey Sax struggles with the big-screen demands of action scenes."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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