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Sundance 2015, Day 2: Jason Segel plays David Foster Wallace in a terrific two-hander
By A.A. Dowd January 25, 2015 | 12:39am
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Sundance 2015, Day 1: A vulgar opening-night comedy flops with critics
By A.A. Dowd January 24, 2015 | 2:45am
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Michael Mann casts Johnny Depp in a sprawling, Depression-era crime epic
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 23, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Mission To Mars begins with some of the worst expository dialogue ever
By Mike D'Angelo January 23, 2015 | 6:00am
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Chicago, see Jude Law in Black Sea early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz January 22, 2015 | 10:21pm
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Manhunter is a serial-killer movie that keeps the gloves on
By Katie Rife January 22, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Fahrenheit 9/11 was a call to action that Tarantino and his Cannes jury answered
By A.A. Dowd January 22, 2015 | 6:00am
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On second thought, maybe this is Tom Cruise’s best performance
By Danny Bowes January 21, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Experience a bunch of shades of grey in this exclusive trailer for The Dramatics
By William Hughes January 21, 2015 | 5:30pm
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This week we’re barely putting up with Blackhat
By Amelie Gillette January 21, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Explore the brutal world of stand-up with Adventures In Comedy
By Marah Eakin January 21, 2015 | 2:58pm
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Tastes like betrayal
By Charlie Hopper January 21, 2015 | 6:00am
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Scarf-less and accent-free: 8 times Johnny Depp played an ordinary human being
By A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 21, 2015 | 6:00am
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Michael Mann’s Last Of The Mohicans is rollicking and romantic
By Jesse Hassenger January 20, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Insider gives a brave whistle-blower the Michael Mann treatment
By Nick Schager January 19, 2015 | 7:00pm
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We’re still waiting: 15 pop culture part ones that never got a part 2
By Evan Rytlewski, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, William Hughes, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson January 19, 2015 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 16 - January 18
By AV Club Staff January 18, 2015 | 6:00am
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The opening credits promise a better Apes movie than Tim Burton delivered
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 16, 2015 | 6:00pm
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Kevin Hart’s comedy is as subtle as ever in the trailer for Get Hard
By Katie Rife January 16, 2015 | 12:21am
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Selma’s snubs speak volumes about Hollywood and the Oscars
By Caroline Siede January 15, 2015 | 10:10pm
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Trailer for Bloodsucking Bastards combines office tedium with vampires
By Rob Dean January 15, 2015 | 8:42pm
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Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion is smarter than it looks
By Katie Rife January 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
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David Silverman brought some Simpsons edge to a DreamWorks animated feature
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog January 14, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Stumping for The Immigrant and the lowly reverse shot
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 14, 2015 | 6:00am
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Chicago, watch Jennifer Lopez fall for The Boy Next Door early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz January 13, 2015 | 10:07pm
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Melissa McCarthy is still wacky, still holding guns in the trailer for Spy
By Katie Rife January 13, 2015 | 8:23pm
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Julie Kavner is more Woody Allen than Marge Simpson in her starring vehicle
By Jesse Hassenger January 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
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The Dardenne brothers on their new masterpiece, Two Days, One Night
By A.A. Dowd January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
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Why was The Babadook’s Essie Davis never a viable Best Actress candidate?
By A.A. Dowd January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
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New Avengers: Age Of Ultron trailer will tear you apart from the inside
By Sam Barsanti January 13, 2015 | 3:19am
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Hank Azaria steals The Birdcage, one broad pratfall at a time
By Nick Schager January 12, 2015 | 7:00pm
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A Best Actor nod for Joe might push Nicolas Cage to keep pushing himself
By Jesse Hassenger January 12, 2015 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 9 - January 11
By AV Club Staff January 11, 2015 | 6:00am
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A wordy blog, a film-centric podcast, and LPs by mail
By Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Laura M. Browning January 10, 2015 | 6:00am
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Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer broke through with a wartime adventure
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 9, 2015 | 6:00pm
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How did one of 2014’s most striking scenes get confused for one of its worst?
By Mike D'Angelo January 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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A striking vampire film deserves to be among the Best Cinematography nominees
By Nick Schager January 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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Down but not out: On the fallen fortunes of Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez
By Jesse Hassenger January 9, 2015 | 6:00am
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Before Anatomy Of A Murder, Otto Preminger tackled a court martial
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 8, 2015 | 7:00pm
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The trailer for The Voices has a cat instructing Ryan Reynolds to kill people
By B.G. Henne January 8, 2015 | 6:20pm
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Spoiler Space: Predestination
By A.A. Dowd January 8, 2015 | 6:00am
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Everything isn’t awesome: How rules ruin the Oscars’ Best Song category
By Jesse Hassenger January 8, 2015 | 6:00am
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The trailer for Finnish film Big Game has a child rescuing President Samuel L. Jackson
By Rob Dean January 7, 2015 | 8:03pm
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A few good Australian men
By A.A. Dowd January 7, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, and Donald Glover cheat death in The Lazarus Effect trailer
By Mike Vago January 7, 2015 | 4:41pm
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First Ant-Man trailer features ants, men, little Paul Rudd
By Sam Barsanti January 7, 2015 | 3:21am
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Chicago, see Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz January 6, 2015 | 10:24pm
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Before Flight, Denzel Washington lent depth to a different heavy drinker
By Jesse Hassenger January 6, 2015 | 5:00pm
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Trailer for David Cross’ Hits is all about getting famous
By Sam Barsanti January 6, 2015 | 3:07am
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Chicago, see Michael Mann’s Blackhat early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz January 5, 2015 | 10:10pm
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Tom Cruise delivers his best performance in Born On The Fourth Of July
By Nick Schager January 5, 2015 | 7:00pm
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Chicago, see Paddington early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz January 2, 2015 | 9:15pm
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It’s all song and dance until the Third Reich shows up
By Nick Schager January 2, 2015 | 6:00am
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West Side Story remains one of the great Broadway adaptations
By Nick Schager December 30, 2014 | 6:00am
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Chicago, see Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice early(ish) and for free
By Cameron Scheetz December 29, 2014 | 8:42pm
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The trailer for Jackie Chan’s Dragon Blade is suitably ridiculous
By Matt Wayt December 29, 2014 | 8:12pm
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Little Shop Of Horrors took a long route from screen to stage to screen again
By Jesse Hassenger December 29, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 26 - December 28
By AV Club Staff December 28, 2014 | 6:00am
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The Muppet Christmas Carol keeps holiday (and Muppet) traditions alive
By Erik Adams December 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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The first Entourage movie trailer looks sick, totally not gay
By Katie Rife December 24, 2014 | 1:21am
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The horror of realizing you may have married the wrong person
By A.A. Dowd December 23, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Selma’s David Oyelowo on the challenges of playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Sam Fragoso December 23, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart find comedy where Rob Schneider couldn’t in Get Hard
By Rob Dean December 22, 2014 | 7:02pm
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Is there a god of tanks, and if so, whose side is he on?
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 22, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Four of 2014’s music films finally brought the genre into the 21st century
By Jesse Hassenger December 22, 2014 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 19 - December 21
By AV Club Staff December 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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An Iron Sheik doc, a board game, and a mash-up of journalism and comics
By Becca James, Josh Modell, Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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A year of illness and treatment becomes an inquiry into life itself
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 19, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Black Christmas reminds us that nothing is sacred
By Zack Handlen December 19, 2014 | 6:00am
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From American dreamers to strangers in strange lands: The best film characters of 2014
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 19, 2014 | 6:00am
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What’s your favorite movie of 2014 that didn’t make our “best of” list?
By Jesse Hassenger, Caroline Siede, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Genevieve Valentine, Molly Eichel, Brandon Nowalk, Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Cameron Scheetz, Drew Fortune, Marah Eakin, Dennis Perkins, William Hughes, Mike Vago December 19, 2014 | 6:00am
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Jonah Hill and James Franco get very serious in this trailer for True Story
By Sam Barsanti December 19, 2014 | 3:08am
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Sion Sono takes the sap out of “inspirational”
By Katie Rife December 18, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The 2014 A.V. Club Readers’ Poll results
By David Anthony December 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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The 20 best movies of 2014
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Nick Schager, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jesse Hassenger, Ben Kenigsberg December 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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Shane Black expertly trims the action movie tree with Christmas spirit
By Les Chappell December 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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The best of film 2014: The ballots
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Nick Schager, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jesse Hassenger, Ben Kenigsberg December 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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Desperation and snowmobile racing in the Upper Peninsula
By Vadim Rizov December 17, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The Hebrew Hammer makes Christmastime safe for Jews from New York to Tel Aviv
By Eric Thurm December 17, 2014 | 3:00pm
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The best movie trailers of 2014
By A.A. Dowd December 17, 2014 | 6:00am
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Where’s the awards campaign for John Cusack and Emma Roberts?
By Mike D'Angelo December 16, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The best film scenes of 2014
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jesse Hassenger, Nick Schager December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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The techno-pumping trailer for Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups stars everyone
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 15, 2014 | 10:43pm
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The world’s oldest living filmmaker has still got it
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 15, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The 20 worst films of 2014
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jesse Hassenger, Nick Schager December 15, 2014 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 12 - December 14
By AV Club Staff December 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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Sci-fi tropes abound in the trailer for the Divergent sequel, Insurgent
By Caroline Siede December 12, 2014 | 8:55pm
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See You Next Tuesday aims to discomfort, beginning with its coded title
By Vadim Rizov December 12, 2014 | 6:00pm
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The unusual life and recently discovered work of Vivian Maier
By Mike D'Angelo December 11, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Alice in wasteland: A play-through of the 5 Resident Evil movies
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 11, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2 goes back to the future (and the past)
By Sam Barsanti December 11, 2014 | 3:19am
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Get acquainted with an unsung maverick of world cinema
By Kiva Reardon December 10, 2014 | 7:00pm
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The French trailer for The Little Prince is charming and dreamy
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 10, 2014 | 6:03pm
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt avoids plummeting to his death in first trailer for The Walk
By Sam Barsanti December 10, 2014 | 1:37am
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Watch Dwayne Johnson fight an earthquake in the San Andreas trailer
By Alex McLevy December 9, 2014 | 9:37pm
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Patrick Wilson is an interstellar Ron Burgundy
By Nick Schager December 9, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Chicago, see Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz December 8, 2014 | 9:26pm
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Zoe Kazan does double duty in a kind of twentysomething Parent Trap
By Jesse Hassenger December 8, 2014 | 7:00pm
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One and sadly done: 12 excellent features from directors who never made another feature
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Zack Handlen, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago December 8, 2014 | 6:00am
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The Grey is not really about Liam Neeson battling wolves
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 5, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Why is Santa Claus: The Movie so merrily maligned?
By Marah Eakin December 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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Ben Stiller is an old guy trying to act cool in the trailer for Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young
By Sam Barsanti December 5, 2014 | 2:28am
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Chicago, see trilogy-closer The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz December 4, 2014 | 10:26pm
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The Terminator: Genisys trailer: Back for the first time
By Sean O'Neal December 4, 2014 | 8:48pm
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Win a copy of the Descendents/All documentary Filmage on Blu-Ray/DVD
By David Anthony December 4, 2014 | 8:32pm
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The peace, quiet, and loneliness of living off the grid
By A.A. Dowd December 4, 2014 | 7:00pm
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Neither lost nor found: On the trail of an elusive icon’s rarest film
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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Chicago, see Christian Bale in Exodus: Gods And Kings early and for free
By Cameron Scheetz December 3, 2014 | 10:14pm
