The Vancouver Voice | by dkholm | Mon, Jul 21
Mon, Jul 21
When Christian Bale first appeared in Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun I thought he was the best kid actor I’d ever seen. Since then I’ve wondered what the hell has happened to his mouth. His upper row seems to have been added to his ...
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