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    American Gangster; Bee Movie

    Denzel Washington plays a 1970's drug lord named Frank Lucas in American Gangster. Lucas takes pride in many things, but most of all in the quality of his merchandise, Southeast Asian heroin as pure, in its fashion, as Ivory soap... (Joe also reviews Bee Movie.)

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Nov 3, 2007 • 4m Listen

    Denzel Washington plays a 1970's drug lord named Frank Lucas in American Gangster. Lucas takes pride in many things, but most of all in the quality of his merchandise, Southeast Asian heroin as pure, in its fashion, as Ivory soap... (Joe also reviews Bee Movie.)

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