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Weekend Movies: Two to Skip, Two to See

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

To help navigate Hollywood’s new releases, The Takeaway speaks with Wesley Morris, film critic for the Boston Globe. This week he gives us his thoughts on two films to avoid and two to watch.

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