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Napoleon Dynamite Review: A Small Film With a Big Heart
A review of Napoleon Dynamite, a strange film about a strange boy from Preston, Idaho, whose sincerity carries it beyond its thin script.
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Al Pacino’s Classic Whistleblower Thriller Still Stings 53 Years Later
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Dorian Gray Trades His Soul for Youth — and the Portrait Never Becomes the Monster It Should Be
A tale of a portrait that ages while its owner stays young, wherein the price of eternal youth is never fully paid.