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I first heard about Future Weather in 2009 at an IgnitePhilly event. Writer/director Jenny Deller and Kristin Fairweather spoke about the film’s premise: a young girl, whose mother abandons her, finds solace in science and protecting the environment. Here was a female creative team who had completely embraced the risks – I’m talking real...
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…so that you can show support for another cause. Go download (legally!) your copy of Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie on iTunes or search Amazon. C’mon Paul Rudd‘s doin’ it. Elijah Wood‘s doin’ it. Maroon5.MichaelIanBlack.AndySambergRashidaJones.JohnHodgman‘s doin’ it. My fave? Fred Armisen. Go. now. check amazon. trailer will immediately start playing here.
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I wish that Terri (played by Jacob Wysocki) went to my high school and I wish that Mr. Fitzgerald (played by John C. Reilly) was my assistant principal.  I’d hate to take gym with Mr. Flemisch (played by Tim Heidecker) and I’m glad I never did.
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I realize the term feel good movie acts as a total red flag for most people who have a brain in their head. Amelie, however, stands among The Straight Story and Millions as one of the few feel-good movies that actually makes you feel good and not want to shoot your brains out.
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As someone who’s never given a shit about kung fu movies, I can’t claim to recognize any of the specific references Tarantino put in Kill Bill Volume 1 but I know enough to know after watching it that whatever he sampled from his repertoire of kung fu movies were most likely not nearly as...
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But perhaps it is the shades of Wooderson (and a Fargo-ishly funny William H. Macy) that make this film ultimately enjoyable...
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With scantily clad pretty young women; robots; monsters; dragons; swords; guns; explosions; and covers of The Pixies, Iggy & the Stooges, Roxy Music, and Eurythmics; what is there not to love? Oh yeah, how about exploitation of scantily clad young women; second-rate CGI; and covers of The Pixies, Iggy & the Stooges, Roxy Music,...
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Pre-order now, you fools, now, I say!
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Lenny should be required viewing for anyone interested in the First Amendment, racism, LGBTQ issues, or life in the 1960s. I’d go so far as to recommend that all public school seniors watch Dustin Hoffman portray Lenny Bruce and his fight against censorship as part of a US history or American government class –...
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What do you think?  Will you be going to the theater on November 19th?
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