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Mini-Reviews: Gangster Squad, Broken City, Bullet to the Head

• July 9, 2013 • 1 Comment

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Tags: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Allen Hughes, Alona Tai, Barry Pepper, Broken City, Bullet to the Head, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Christian Slater, Emma Stone, Gangster Squad, Holt McCallany, Jason Momoa, Jeffrey Wright, Josh Brolin, Khal Drogo, Kyle Chandler, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Pena, Natalie Martinez, Robert Patrick, Ruben Fleischer, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Sarah Shahi, Sean Penn, Sung Kang, Sylvester Stallone, Walter Hill, Zombieland


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