http://nohablo.vox.com/library/posts/tags/movies/page/1/ Squalid and Moving en Vox Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:44:05 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss movies http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/eastern-promises.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(nohablo) http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/eastern-promises.html?_c=feed-rss http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/eastern-promises.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:44:05 -0700 EASTERN PROMISES, David Cronenberg Slick, deft, and efficient, but Eastern Promises lacks a heart to propel it through its grimy plot. 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