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A TALE OF TWO LECTERS: “RED DRAGON” VS. “MANHUNTER”

By | October 2002

People will go see “Red Dragon” and most of them could care less about “Manhunter.” It’s a shame that today’s audiences will accept a mediocre remake because it’s new and massively hyped, but I guess that’s just the way things are now…

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