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Aug 2023
40m 39s

Meg 2: The Trench

MAD ABOUT MOVIES
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What happens when Hollywood learns the wrong lesson from a successful movie? MEG 2 happens. This week on the MAM main feed, we're talking all the dumbness that MEG 2 brought this summer, with a bigger convo about how 2023 has gone so far. VIP talk this week is CUTTHROAT ISLAND and ROUNDERS! madaboutmoviespodcast.com/vip 
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