Gregory Ellwood

editor-in-chief of the movie and pop culture site HitFix.

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This week’s batch of movies is all about life lessons. And maybe some daddy issues. We talk “Whiplash”, “St. Vincent”, “The Judge” and “Dracula Untold”.

Life Lessons and Daddy Issues

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