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REVIEW Big Game by Eric Hillis Finnish writer-director Jalmari Helander arrived on the scene with his 2010 debut Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, which posed the question “What if Santa Claus existed, but he was 2015 - ISSUE 6 evil?” Helander played things a little too straight and the movie failed to live up to the promise of its premise. For his sophomore effort, Helander gives us an equally high concept - what TABLE OF CONTENTS 17