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Front Row at the Movies

'Pineapple Express' Mixes Comedy and Violence with Weed

Bill Clinton said he didn't inhale. Barack Obama admitted he did.

And we in Key West have marijuana (those floating bales known as "square grouper") to thank for our designation as the Conch Republic, for if the DEA hadn't set up a roadblock, the island wouldn't have seceded from the U.S. for about 10 seconds to form a more perfect re-union.

But no matter whether you take an occasional toke or not, yorfl find "Pineapple Express" - the comic adventures of a doper and his dealer on the run from crooked cops - worth 111 minutes of your time.

This stoner action comedy starring Seth Rogen ("Knocked Up") and James ...

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