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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: WHITE LINE NIGHTMARES

By | March 2004

There is something about a desolate future where battles are waged for fuel. There is something about men in fast cars brandishing improvised weapons. There is something about homoerotic villains and steel hockey masks. There is something about all of it that makes “The Road Warrior” the ultimate car crash film…

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: WHITE LINE NIGHTMARES

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