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                    [Title] => ‘The Conjuring Last Rites’ review: The Warrens face past terrors for one final haunting
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The Warrens are back for the last time.

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Hollywood star and singer Sydney Agudong, who is of Filipino descent, displays her fierceness, sex appeal and authenticity as Lilo’s older sister Nani Pelekai in “Lilo & Stitch,” arguably one of Disney’s best live-action movies yet.

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The Warrens are back for the last time.

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Hollywood star and singer Sydney Agudong, who is of Filipino descent, displays her fierceness, sex appeal and authenticity as Lilo’s older sister Nani Pelekai in “Lilo & Stitch,” arguably one of Disney’s best live-action movies yet.

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