BLUE VALENTINE: A Pro-Life, Pro-Enjoyment Movie

That’s something the other critics aren’t telling you. Still, it’s not much fun actually to watch, despite its twisted sex scenes that leave almost nothing to the imagination.

If you want to talk about something else, then how about the country’s lessened hostility to Obamacare and the Republican’s somewhat chastened strategic situation?

Or Egypt . . .

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