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Javier Bardem plays Max Cady in the third telling of a story that has already been told twice. Here is what the third telling gets right.
Milt Calloway reviews film and television with the honesty of someone who has watched thousands of movies and is done being polite.
TelevisionJavier Bardem plays Max Cady in the third telling of a story that has already been told twice. Here is what the third telling gets right.
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