Three for $5 pile

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This idea was not originally mine, it was uttered on a forum I read, and it referred to the type of cheap movie (hence 3 for 5 pounds) that would be in the bargain section. These movies tend to be older, unheralded, and have little in the way of production value, which doesn’t reflect their quality, only your expectations.

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