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Nintendo, et al, may be striking it rich on “Pokémon Go,” but Lionsgate Films got downright lucky. This week, Lionsgate releases its teen-pandering thriller “Nerve,” about a viral online game with the potential to get players in trouble. In the midst of “Pokémon Go” mania, then, “Nerve” gets a zeitgeist shot in the arm.

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