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Sat, 08 Aug, 2015

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Sun, 02 Aug, 2015

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A treatise on masculinity masquerading as a fairytale love story, The Lucky One (12A) stars Zac Efron as Logan, who finds a picture of a beautiful blonde woman while serving as a Marine in Iraq.

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