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Boondock Saints
DVD - 2001
"Meh. Two Boston Southies, easy on the eyes, tightly linked Irish brothers, accidentally take on the Russian mob, then move on to the local Italian mafia. While there are occasional moments of humor (Dafoe as the closeted FBI agent gets closer and ..."
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Boondock Saints
DVD - 2001
"Devastating retelling of David Copperfield with the setting in Appalachia. Poverty, hunger, drug addiction, the foster care system, the opioid crisis. It's hard to explain how Kingsolver presents it all, pulling no punches, and yet the book is sup..."
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"Utterly absorbing—read this book in one evening. “Resilient” is what one caseworker calls the main character, and there’s more passionate grace to the story than just an inter-generational cycle of low expectations, violence, and heartbreak. Part ..."
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