August 4
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41 Child 44 Watch Trailer
For his second English-language film, Daniel Espinosa (Safe House) directs Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Vincent Cassel, Joel Kinnaman, Jason Clarke, and Charles Dance in an adaptation (scripted by Richard Price of Clockers and The Wire fame) of Tom Rob Smith’s novel. The resulting thriller is set in Stalin’s Soviet Union where a security officer Leo Demidov (Hardy) tries to capture a child killer but finds the state standing in his way. Supported by his wife (Rapace), Leo eventually joins forces with Oldman’s General Mikhail Nesterov despite the protestations of his rival, Vasili (Kinnaman). Critics found the results incoherent.
42 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Watch Trailer
The sequel to Divergent finds Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) on the run in the ruins of futuristic Chicago, hunted by Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the leader of the Erudite faction. Luckily, they find new allies in the Factionless, led by Naomi Watts’ Evelyn. Robert Schwentke (RED, R.I.P.D.) takes over directing duties from Neil Burger, and Octavia Spencer, Suki Waterhouse, and Daniel Dae Kim join the cast while Jai Courtney, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, and Ray Stevenson all return from the first film. The results? Even worse than the first installment, according to critics.
71 Far From the Madding Crowd Watch Trailer
Fourteen years after he won the Jury Prize at Cannes for The Celebration, director Thomas Vinterberg made a bit of a comeback with 2012’s The Hunt. For an encore, he turned in this solid (though relatively condensed) adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 19th century novel about the independent-minded Bathsheba Everdeen’s (Carey Mulligan) complicated relationships with three very different suitors, played by Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Tom Sturridge. While many critics preferred director John Schlesinger's longer 1967 adaptation (with Julie Christie), they found much to admire in this well-executed drama.
50 True Story Watch Trailer
The first film from theater director Rupert Goold is based on a memoir by Michael Finkel, a New York Times reporter whose identity was stolen by accused killer Christian Longo. In his book, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, Finkel recounts his bizarre relationship with Longo, which included teaching him how to write a book in exchange for Longo’s story. This film version casts Jonah Hill and James Franco in the roles of Finkel and Longo, with Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee and Gretchen Mol filling out the main cast. Critics found Goold's debut to be rather lifeless, though some admired the performances.
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| 57 | Adult Beginners DRAMEDY | Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale |
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| 62 | Antarctic Edge: 70° South DOCUMENTARY |
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| 14 | Any Day DRAMA/THRILLER | Sean Bean, Eva Longoria |
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| 42 | Barely Lethal ACTION/COMEDY | Hailee Steinfeld, Jessica Alba |
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| 33 | Blackbird DRAMA | Mo'Nique, Isaiah Washington |
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| 48 | Blast from the Past (1999) COMEDY | Alicia Silverstone, Brendan Fraser |
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| 37 | Burying the Ex HORROR/COMEDY | Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene |
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| Chocolate City DRAMA | Robert Ri'chard, Tyson Beckford |
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| 59 | The Dead Lands ACTION |
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| 22 | Do You Believe? DRAMA | Sean Astin, Mira Sorvino |
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| 46 | Every Secret Thing DRAMA | Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning |
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| 70 | Faults THRILLER/COMEDY | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Leland Orser |
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| Freetown DRAMA/THRILLER |
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| 35 | Inner Demons HORROR |
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| Innerspace (1987) SCI-FI | Dennis Quaid, Martin Short |
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| 43 | Into the Grizzly Maze ACTION/HORROR/THRILLER | James Marsden, Thomas Jane |
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| 55 | Jackie & Ryan DRAMA | Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes |
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| 51 | A Little Chaos DRAMA | Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman |
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| 52 | Madame Bovary DRAMA | Mia Wasikowska |
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| Night and the City (1950) Criterion Collection release |
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| 37 | Phantom Halo DRAMA/THRILLER | Rebecca Romijn |
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| 48 | Ride COMEDY | Helen Hunt, Luke Wilson |
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| The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin DOCUMENTARY |
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| 64 | The Salvation WESTERN | Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green |
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| Sister Code DRAMA |
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| 54 | Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead ACTION/HORROR |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| 85 | The Affair Season 1 |
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| America's Test Kitchen Season 15 |
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| 60 | The Casual Vacancy Miniseries |
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| The Comeback Complete series set |
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| 68 | How to Get Away with Murder Season 1 |
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| Last Tango in Halifax Season 3 |
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| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season 1 |
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| Murdoch Mysteries Season 8 |
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| 70 | Orphan Black Season 3 |
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| Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show Season 3 |
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| 78 | Strike Back Season 3 |
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| Wicked Tuna Season 4 |
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August 11
31 Hot Pursuit Watch Trailer
One of this summer's worst-reviewed films (our users were not too fond of it, either), this action comedy finds Reese Witherspoon starring as a cop who goes on the run in Texas with the widow of a drug boss (Sofia Vergara). Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses) directs.
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| The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Criterion Collection release |
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| Hellfighters (1968) ACTION/DRAMA | John Wayne |
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| 49 | Hunting Elephants COMEDY | Sasson Gabai, Patrick Stewart |
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| i-Lived THRILLER |
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| 72 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story DOCUMENTARY |
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| I Am Chris Farley DOCUMENTARY |
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| The January Man (1989) COMEDY/THRILLER | Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon |
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| 62 | Match DRAMEDY | Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino, Matthew Lillard |
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| Northmen - A Viking Saga ACTION-ADVENTURE |
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| 29 | Patch Town ADVENTURE/COMEDY/FANTASY |
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| 44 | Police Story: Lockdown FOREIGN/ACTION/THRILLER | Jackie Chan |
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| 45 | Preggoland DRAMA/COMEDY | Sonja Bennett, Danny Trejo, James Caan |
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| 50 | Soaked In Bleach DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC |
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| 59 | Unfriended HORROR/THRILLER |
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| 2 Broke Girls Season 4 |
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| Animals Gone Wild Season 2 |
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| 49 | Dig Season 1 |
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| 46 | The Dovekeepers Miniseries |
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| Hell on Wheels Season 4 |
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| The Jeffersons Season 8 |
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| 71 | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Miniseries |
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| Kendra on Top Season 3 |
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| 75 | The Knick Season 1 |
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| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 16 |
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| Maude Season 2 |
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| MythBusters Collection 13 |
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| Person of Interest Season 4 |
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| Scandal Season 4 |
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August 18
75 Lambert & Stamp Watch Trailer
The only decent release in a very slow week, this documentary directed by first-timer James D. Cooper and edited by Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball, The Drop) shines a light on Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, an unlikely pair who aspired to make an underground movie about the restless youth of the early 1960s. During their search for a subject, the pair discovered a band called the High Numbers. Instead of making a film, Lambert and Stamp decided to manage the group, which eventually became known as the Who. While Who fans might be disappointed to find far more about the titular duo than the band itself, critics found the documentary fascinating and entertaining.
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| 52 | 5 to 7 DRAMA | Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe |
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| 34 | 10 Cent Pistol THRILLER | Jena Malone, Joe Mantegna |
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| 58 | The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared FOREIGN |
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| Catching Faith DRAMA | Lorena Segura York, Garrett Westton |
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| Day for Night (1973) Criterion Collection release |
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| Dressed to Kill (1980) Criterion Collection release |
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| 46 | Hackers (1995) THRILLER | Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller |
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| 30 | Little Boy DRAMA | Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson |
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| 54 | The Riot Club DRAMA | Directed by Lone Scherfig |
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| 42 | Strangerland DRAMA/THRILLER | Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes |
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| Vendetta ACTION/DRAMA | Dean Cain |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| Atlantis Season 2 Part 2 |
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| The Blacklist Season 2 |
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| Grey's Anatomy Season 11 |
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| The Jeff Foxworthy Show Complete series set |
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| Mike & Molly Season 5 |
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| NCIS Season 12 |
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| NCIS: Los Angeles Season 6 |
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| 55 | NCIS: New Orleans Season 1 |
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| Once Upon a Time Season 4 |
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| The Rebel Complete series set |
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| Rookie Blue Season 5 Vol. 1 |
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| 48 | The Royals Season 1 |
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| 55 | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Miniseries |
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| Welcome Back, Kotter Season 4 |
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August 25
40 Aloha Watch Trailer
Last fall's Sony email hack revealed that some executives didn’t think much of Cameron Crowe’s first movie in four years (which follows a string of disappointments like Vanilla Sky, Elizabethtown and We Bought a Zoo). For once, the studio executives were right: Aloha turned out to be Crowe’s worst film to date. The dramedy stars Bradley Cooper as a military contractor who returns to Hawaii, where he reconnects with an ex (Rachel McAdams) and takes a liking to an Air Force liaison (Emma Stone, inexplicably cast as a Chinese-Hawaiian woman) assigned to watch his every move. The stellar supporting cast includes Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride, and Alec Baldwin, but there's little they can do to save a film critics called "cloying" and "amateurish."
88 Citizenfour Watch Trailer
One of 2014's best-reviewed documentaries, Laura Poitras' film explores government snooping in general, and the Edward Snowden affair in detail—with cameras on hand as the Snowden story unfolded, offering a uniquely intimate and thrilling look at history being made, according to reviewers.
89 Two Days, One Night Watch Trailer
The Dardenne brothers' latest critically acclaimed drama (following The Kid with a Bike) stars Marion Cotillard as Sandra, a woman recovering from depression and facing layoffs at her company. She has just one weekend to convince her co-workers to decline their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Though the French-language film was unable to secure an Oscar nomination in the foreign language category, Cotillard was nominated for her performance. This Criterion Collection release includes new interviews with the directors and stars, as well as a rare 40-minute 1979 documentary by the Dardennes.
71 Welcome to New York Watch Trailer
Director Abel Ferrara's latest is inspired by the case of former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest for the sexual assault of a hotel maid. Gérard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bisset star, and while reviews have been very positive, Ferrara pursued legal action against IFC for its edit of the film (which both shortens the running time and brings it down to an R rating) for its American theatrical release. Unfortunately, this American DVD/Blu-ray release does not include the original director's cut (though the latter is available in other countries).
| More movie releases on August 25, 2015 | ||
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| 6 Ways to Die ACTION/THRILLER | Vinnie Jones, Vivica A. Fox, Tom Sizemore |
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| 39 | After The Ball COMEDY | Portia Doubleday, Chris Noth |
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| 71 | Animals DRAMA |
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| The Babysitter (1995) THRILLER | Alicia Silverstone |
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| 53 | Big Game ACTION-ADVENTURE | Samuel L. Jackson |
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| 80 | Iris DOCUMENTARY |
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| 64 | The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq FOREIGN/DRAMEDY |
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| The Last American Virgin (1982) COMEDY | Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin, Joe Rubbo |
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| The Last Dragon (1985) ACTION/COMEDY | Taimak, Julius Carry, Vanity |
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| 45 | Lila & Eve THRILLER | Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez |
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| 48 | October Gale DRAMA/THRILLER | Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman |
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| The Pardon DRAMA | Jaime King, John Hawkes |
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| The Revengers (1972) WESTERN | William Holden, Ernest Borgnine |
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| The Runner THRILLER | Nicolas Cage |
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| 39 | Skin Trade ACTION/THRILLER | Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa |
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| Student Bodies (1981) HORROR/COMEDY |
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| 41 | Where Hope Grows DRAMA | David DeSanctis, Kristoffer Polaha |
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| TV on DVD/Blu-ray | ||
| Criminal Minds Season 10 |
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| Elementary Season 3 |
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| 89 | The Good Wife Season 6 |
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| King of the Hill Season 11 |
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| The Mindy Project Season 3 |
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| 84 | Portlandia Season 5 |
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| Revenge Season 4 |
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| 80 | The Walking Dead Season 5 |
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More on home video
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