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Jun 26 2009, Matt Wendus

In a beloved film from my childhood, “Flight of Dragons,” the scientist hero confronts the evil red magician on a dark crag. As menacing snakes sprout out of the magician’s neck and breathe fire at the scientist, the spectacled nerd definantly...

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