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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: SUMMER SCHOOL

By | June 2005

The smell of burnt popcorn and overcooked hot dogs wafts through the air like the stink of napalm in Vietnam. It’s summer at the theatre. A time when big budget nonsense is treated as seriously as any foreign film about World War II…

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: SUMMER SCHOOL

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