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The Couch Potato Report - December 29, 2012

Need a movie for New Year's Eve? Hear what Dan has to say about the made-in-Montreal drama THE WORDS - starring Bradley Cooper; the singing competition comedy PITCH PERFECT; BUTTER - starring Jennifer Garnera and Hugh Jackman; the high school reunion comedy 10 YEARS, with People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive - Channing Tatum and Rosario Dawson; the documentary AI WEIWEI – NEVER SORRY; Spike Lee’s RED HOOK SUMMER; and the Catalogue Classic is Rob Reiner's 1989 comedy WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.

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