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I went on Fandango and purchased tickets to Knight and Day. While I have no quantifiable way to prove this, I think my balls shrunk a little bit when I did it.
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The funny thing about dreams is that it's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
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Crap. I told you so.
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No, James Cameron has nothing to do with this one, thank Zeus’s beard. Check out the Emmy Award winning anime on which M. Night Shyamalan is basing his newest labor of arrogance love and you won’t be disappointed by the clever dialogue, excellent pacing and plot, and truly unique storytelling, or you’ll have all...
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I hate Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz (and by 'hate' I mean completely and utterly despise and wouldn't miss them if they fell off the edge of the fucking universe)
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So, I finally got around to seeing Youth in Revolt, and I know you’re supposed to view a movie based on a book as an entirely separate medium, keeping in mind that the goal of the film is to capture the spirit of the book, rather than merely translate each and every minute facet into visual...
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In Harry Brown, Michael Caine goes all “ex-Royal Marine” on some raping, murdering, drug-addled teens who are apparently responsible for 90% of all the drug-related deaths, sexual assaults, and teen pregnancies in South London, as well as, you guessed it, the death of his best friend.  Caine is the movie’s crutch, and it leans–heavily–on...
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Classic rock is a filmic treasure trove: There are dozens upon dozens of rad songs that have an epic quality. The musicianship is textured, layered and shines through. By now you have likely noticed that I gravitate toward music that suggests cinematic sequences, drama and story.
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Mickey Rourke, either they left a bunch of your story on the cutting room floor, or you just tried to make as much as you could out of what they gave you, because there is not really any reason for your character to have been played by an A-list, Oscar-nominated actor just to show...
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So, I guess the idea here is that with their respective NBC sitcoms still flying pretty high despite obvious declines, Carell and Fey can jerk out whatever quirky rom-com they want in exchange for big cash payoffs.  Many, many people will trust this combo to make something promising, but with writing like “I don’t...
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