10 bullet points on ‘Skyfall’
Mark O’Connell takes Adele’s 007 advice and holds his breath and counts to ten bullet points about why Skyfall is a Golden Bullet of a movie.
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Mark O’Connell takes Adele’s 007 advice and holds his breath and counts to ten bullet points about why Skyfall is a Golden Bullet of a movie.
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