Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998) by Maggi Extra Butter Please! — 21 Nov 2008

My favorite movie its beautiful ,and has a very good meaning not for the typical movie watcher with no 0pen mindness.

This review of Velvet Goldmine (1998) was written by Maggi Extra Butter Please! on 21 Nov 2008.

Velvet Goldmine has generally received positive reviews.

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If you haven't seen it already, go watch it right now. Velvet Goldmine is quite a unique movie…

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