blogs.amctv.com - 10/3/2008
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There's something almost miraculous about a movie sequel that doesn't stink. And for one simple reason: Hollywood doesn't do sequels for anything other than money.
In fact, everyone who produces commercial sequels does it for the money. I'm as guilty of this as anyone: When my novel Old Man's ...
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