Rants & Raves: Best & Worst of 2013

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Rants & Raves: Best & Worst of 2013

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Jan 21, 2014

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Before fully moving our focus to 2014's offerings, we spend the entirety of this week's podcast reviewing the year in movies. We break down our 5 worst movies of the year, our biggest surprises and disappointments, and finish off with our respective top 10 lists.

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Jan 21, 2014

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