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nikatnyte

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53. The ads kill it for me

Reply to Give Peace A Chance (Reply #44)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:18 PM

17 hrs ago

You only had a half hour of ads? I went to see the Bruce Springsteen biopic last week and was subjected to ONE HOUR of advertisements (including movie trailers), played at maximum volume. It was sheer torture. Never again. (The local "art" houses like Landmark and Laemmle are better, but not much.)

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