A long time ago (in 2006), I worked in a Blockbuster video store. Around the same time, Rian Johnson’s first movie “Brick” came out. When I watched that movie, I loved it, but I realized that the premise of the movie is ludicrous. On paper, the plot is the kind of high school power fantasy […]
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