Review of Extraterrestrial (2011) by Simon M — 08 May 2014

Peccato peccato... sarà la delusione dovuta alle aspettative, ma dopo quell'esordio lì mi sei un po' scaduto Nacho...

This review of Extraterrestrial (2011) was written by Simon M on 08 May 2014.

Extraterrestrial has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 14 Jun 2012

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