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- ↑ Jones, Cleolinda - Van Helsing in Fifteen Minutes Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine (2 June 2004)
- 1 2 Jones, Cleolinda - Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2008-04-27 at the Wayback Machine (3 July 2004)
- ↑ Orion Books - Movies In Fifteen Minutes Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Conrad, Peter - Tiny things, tiny minds, The Guardian (13 November 2005)
- ↑ The Movies In Fifteen Minutes Fanlisting (18 June 2008)
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