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Tuesday, February 12
Something Old, Something New: Déjà Vu / Resident Evil: Retribution
More belated links. At Movie Mezzanine, I compare two great Vulgar Auteurist pieces, Tony Scott's
Déjà Vu
and Paul W.S. Anderson's
Resident Evil: Retribution
.
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