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Review: ‘Pugly: A Pug’s Life’

by Pat Mullen
January 8, 2019
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Pugly: A Pug’s Life (Canada, 44 min.) Dir. Michael McNamara, Aaron Hancox If cats have nine lives, how many chances do dogs have? After strutting with the feline friends of the catshow

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