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The Revenant: Bold, Beautiful, and Dumb

January 5, 2025 by Christopher ZF 2 Comments

Everything is here for a great film. So why doesn’t it work?

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Emmanuel Lubezki, Leonard DiCaprio, The Revenant, Tom Hardy

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