Movie Review: "Steel Magnolias"

As you all know, Movie Roll is starting to expand and grow, and for the first time we have our first guest post.

So, for this special ocassion I decided to make a review for one of my favorite films of all time, "Steel Magnolias".

You can check the post at this blog Zoe Valuated, managed by the wonderful Zoey Schvan, please be sure to toally check out the blog it is amazing and varied. I'm sure you'll like it.

"Steel Magnolias" Movie Review

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