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Posted on September 16, 2013September 18, 2013

The Spectacular Now

Rated R. Our ratings: V -0; L -4; S -5/N-1. Running time: 1 hour 35 min.  But when he came to himself   Luke 15:17  Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4  Based on the novel by Tim Tharp, director James Ponsoldt’s delightful coming …

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