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Nov 29 2009, Marco Villa

Have you ever had a conversation with someone over, say, a film or book and the person kept on referring to the movie as “great” and why it was so good?; but in all of this you kept on wondering: that movie wasn’t that good. And you ask yourself why...

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FILE - In this April 27, 2009 file photo, Tom Hanks attends The Film Society of Lincoln Center gala tribute to honoring him at Alice Tully Hall in New York.