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A.V. Talk: Gran Torino

By Keith Phipps  |  December 12, 2008 | 9:18pm
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Josh, Tasha and I all saw Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino and walked away with different reactions. (They're wrong. I'm right.)

 
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