‘Armageddon’: The Blockbuster Melodrama That Left Our Heads Spinning
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- ▪It’s the kind of flick that might have you cackling, hollering or groaning, one that is not necessarily great cinema but is great fun.
- ▪It’s highly watchable even though — or maybe because — it’s memorably ridiculous.
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