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Sep 2023
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Summer Movie Draft Results & A Haunting ...

MAD ABOUT MOVIES
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Time to tally up the results of the MAM 2023 Summer Movie Draft. Who came out on top, and what were the best movies to pick? Plus, we dig into the third of Branagh's Hercule Poirot movies with A HAUNTING IN VENICE. Should they keep making these, or end it here?


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