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- Greatest Ending (with music) (of recent era) (that's what she said)
- That awkward moment where your DVD player breaks and Netflix becomes a bitch to maintain.
- Thoughts on The Big Lebowski
- Thoughts on Akira
- LAMMY NOMINATED BITCHES FUCK YEAH!
- Thoughts on Titus
- The Five Best David Bowie (Film) Performances
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3D movies lost to time - For my third *Friday the 13th* movie of this month, *Part III* from 1982, I got to be reminded of the era when people made 3D movies specifically with an...
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#579 Eating the ice cream stuck to lid of the carton - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Yes, in terms of Kitchen Anticipation not much compares with yanking out a steaming, freeze-chilled ca...8 hours ago
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‘Barbie 2’ Back In Motion As Skydance Reaches Out To Margot Robbie & LuckyChap - [image: Barbie][image: ‘Barbie 2’ Back In Motion As Skydance Reaches Out To Margot Robbie & LuckyChap] Reports of *“Barbie 2”*’s death may have been greatl...
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And Luca All Over - While I sit here extremely tense that I won't be able to see Luca Guadagnino's *Artificial* on Monday at its World Premiere at the NYFF (no comment for th...
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Poland fits, 2023 - Continuing my style series highlighting my holiday wardrobes, here is a retrospective look at the outfits I wore during my trip to Kraków and Warsaw back...
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PUT YOUR POOPOO IN YOUR POCKET. - Here’s a bunch of stuff: I was just checking the mail and I heard a woman yell, “PUT YOUR POOPOO IN YOUR POCKET” and I kind of just froze because I don’t e...5 days ago
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Oh my goodness I can't believe it - [image: Oh my goodness I can't believe it] I have exciting news. View on my website1 week ago
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Fall 2026 Project Update: Lost in Twin Peaks Season 2 current events episodes complete, storyline episodes underway - *Every turn-of-the-season (this one is publishing at the exact minute of the autumnal equinox), I'm offering readers of this website an update on my thre...
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Brian Cox heads a musical dynasty in Shakespeare's "The Score" - Peter De Jersey (Voltaire, left) and Brian Cox (J.S. Bach, right) in The Score, Shakespeare Theatre Company. Photo: Teresa CastracaneShakespeare Theatre Co...
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Technocane - The Technocane is what happened when, in my own words, “I taught my stick how to carry my phone so that my phone would teach me to never leave home witho...1 month ago
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Clockwork Arrangements - I was definitely among the astonished when in April of this year, Warner Bros. announced they were launching a new specialty division, described by De...
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How Publishers Decide Which Classical Works to Bring Back to Print - Even when they seem forgotten, classical works return to print from time to time as a result of conscientious decisions by publishers. Every classic that...4 months ago
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“COVID fears (and mind-controlling fungus) wake up in the silly splatter-fest Cold Storage” - More of this kind of thing from studios, please. (But maybe with a little less CGI.) Continue reading →4 months ago
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Oscar Thoughts and Predictions - It's been a particularly weird awards season... for me. In spite of liking a lot of the nominees this year and several key races being quite in flux stil...
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Letterboxd & BlueSky - Thanks for checking this site out (and still being subscribed!) If you still want to see my up-to-date film ramblings you can follow me on the two followin...1 year ago
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Waxing Gibbous: Luigi Cozzi's BLOOD ON MELIE'S MOON (2016) - Once the psychic fell out of her seance chair, and threw up green ectoplasm that turned into a book after white-masked magician zapped her through her cry...
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Video Clip: George Miller talks about the Mad Max Series - Sharing this clip from Vanity Fair where director George Miller talks about the Mad Max series including the new Furiosa movie that I want to see! Check it...
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twenty twenty two according to vibrational occurrences in the vicinity of my progeny leviathan gray paw aka leviathan grey paw - *aural vibrational occurances aka best new music of 2022:* Alva Noto, Martin L. Gore & William Basinski / *Subterraneans* (Noton) Andrew Anderson / *Va...3 years ago
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Printable Female Body Map Template - Human Body Outline Front And Back Pdf Body Outline Human Body Drawing Body Template Blank Body Body Outline Body Template Human Body Diagram 9 Free...5 years ago
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THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (1989), TRUST (1990) - Adrienne Shelly and Robert Burke seek out *The Unbelievable Truth* Director Hal Hartley's three decade (so far) career as an indie film director began ...
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Looking back on twenty years of looking back - In December 1999 the world was looking forward to a new millennium, and I made a screeching 180' turn in the opposite direction, feet planted firmly in ...
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Fashion Is Yours To Master Thanks To This List Of Techniques - Fashion can be attainable for you in your life. What one person wears may not be your cup of tea. You need to develop personal tastes so you can make the d...7 years ago
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WINTER OF DISCONTENT: Puppet on a Chain - In an otherwise balanced article for *The Spectator* on the Wilma Montesi murder case*, Alexander Chancellor refers to Piero Piccioni as “a sleazy jazz ...
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Catatan Seorang Demonstran - Dikutip oleh https://betwin188.website/ tentang Pemikiran dan gagasan dari Hok Gie memiliki fokus kepada tiga hal utama, hal kebangsaan, hal kemahasiswaan ...8 years ago
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Solo: A Star Wars Story - Viewer: Han, bubbe, you don't have to explain every small detail of your backstory that was mentioned in the original trilogy. Han: I was named Solo by a...
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"Back to the Gypsy that I Was" - Something about Stevie Nicks...her music has always guided me at different points in my life. Usually at times where I must face myself in clearest light: ...8 years ago
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I Quit My Porn Job - I haven't posted on The Writing Womb in a loooong assed time. Mostly because this was supposed to be a cartoon blog and it's a lot of fucking work to ma...
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Black Life Matters: Killer of Sheep Review - Black Life Matters: Killer of Sheep Review Her body language, the deep darkness, the shot, the music, says it all: what are we supposed to be do...8 years ago
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Wrapped In Plastic at 25: Letters - Over the years we received lots of letters at *Wrapped In Plastic*. In the pre-internet days, the letters page in *WIP* was a forum for many fans to con...
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Holiday in Berlin - I recently went on an enjoyable holiday to Berlin for a week. In the DDR museum, I learnt about what it was like to live behind the wall in East German...
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Let’s Talk About Virtual Reality Gaming - So let’s talk about virtual reality gaming, what was suppose to be the big, hot thing in 2017. What happened? Phones came with them, developers came up, an...9 years ago
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BLOODY AWFUL - There has historically been a one-to-one relationship in the *Underworld* films between Kate Beckinsale being onscreen and the films being even a little b...
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Kostenlos Two of a Kind Filme Online Gucken - Sie sind Sie in der Suche nach Two of a Kind HD Filme Online?. Sie haben den richtigen Ort kommen.Erstaunliche Two of a Kind in Blu-ray Format angucken, At...
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A Softer World: 1248 - buy this comic as a print! Or share on: facebookreddit If you enjoy the comic, please consider supporting A Softer World on Patreon10 years ago
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Book Blogger Appreciation Week: Meet Masanobu from All the Pretty Books! - Hey friends! As many of you know, this is BBAW 2016, which means I get to introduce you to my new friend, Masanobu, from All the Pretty Books. (I know, I k...
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Best of 2015 - *Best Film* 1. *Carol* (*Haynes*) 2. *Arabian Nights: Vol. 1-3 *(*Gomes*) 3. *The Look of Silence* (*Oppenheimer*) 4. *Mad Max: Fury Road* (*Miller*) 5. *It...
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Suffragette (**) - SUFFRAGETTE Directed by Sarah Gavron ** *Suffragette *is a purposefully-directed film with good intentions. It gets a performance out of Carey Mulligan t...
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Pază fără egal - Aseară, în timp ce aşteptam la rând să-mi iau un bilet la meciul de baschet,mi-a şoptit o păsărică o poveste de-a dreptul halucinantă. Stabilimentul come...10 years ago
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Game Android Terbaik di Android Market - Game Android Populer, kita tahu bahwa Android terkenal dgn banyaknya aplikasi yg mendukung. Banyak pengguna Android yg memanfaatkannya utk berbagai hal sal...11 years ago
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iPod Touch Turun Harga - *KOMPAS.com - *Apple memutuskan untuk memangkas harga jual perangkat pemutar musiknya, iPod Touch pada Kamis (26/6/2014) lalu. Selain itu, Apple juga mena...11 years ago
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The Tree of Life (2011, Malick) - Terrence Malick's cosmic elegy is not just larger-than-life: it bypasses life. The movie confirms what theologists deny but we may suspect: that there is ...11 years ago
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Best of of 2014 Complete List - *1. * *2.* Review *3.* Review *4.* Review *5.* Review *6.* Review *7.* Review *8.* *9.* Review *10.* *Review* *Runners Up* 11. Force Majeure 12. F...
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Art History Tours in Italy this Spring! - Hello! In 2011 I taught my first overseas art history course in Italy (ART HIST 3V03: Studies in Venetian Art & Theory). That was followed by a second ...
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'14 - Illness has pretty much sapped any desire I may have had for putting together an end-of-year post more comprehensive than the humble sketch below, which do...11 years ago
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You Know in a Year I'm Gonna Be Happy - It's a strange feeling coming back to this blog well over a year from my last post. Looking over these pages. These words. All these feelings, emotions, ...12 years ago
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The Mutant Anti-Mammal - Gotta love Vice. I love articles like this even (and sometimes especially) when they contradict my own preferences. Vice: In Defense of Hairy Women It is...12 years ago
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Saving Mr. Banks - *"Just Because It's Fiction Doesn't Make it a Lie"** *or* *"Cavorting, Twinkling, and Prancing to a Happy Ending Like a Kamikaze"* Mary Poppins was a bitc...
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Menace - Power is intoxicating. Everyone loves having the ability to make their decisions into reality — to think "this should be something that happens," and the...
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Review: "The Rugby Player" - As a new New Yorker, I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to commemorate 9/11 like the people who lived here when the attacks occurred. This was my second 9/...
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Short Review: 'Beyond the Black Rainbow' (2010) - [image: photo btbr_01.jpg] The culmination of what is generated through mood and atmosphere and its effect upon the way in which one interprets information...13 years ago
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The Talented Mr... Seale - It has admittedly been a few years since I have watched Anthony Minghella's *The Talented Mr Ripley*. And yet I remember it so vividly in my mind. So much ...
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a beautiful day in the neighborhood - For a while, I didn't really pick up my camera. I didn't shoot, I didn't edit, I didn't blog. Now that I've decided I want to keep blogging, I find myself ...13 years ago
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He met The One, again. - As I sat there, with the IT Pilot's profile photo staring right back at me, I felt a sudden rush of blood go through my face. It was official- he had chose...
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Most Enjoyed / Fave Films of 2012 - Hey Moxie Moxie Readers, Listeners and Watchers! Long time no post, eh? It's the time of year that I usually am furiously listing, categorizing and re...13 years ago
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Sexy DJ Kim Lee Hot Pics - *DJ Kim Lee* *[image: Kim Lee boobs]*[image: Kim Lee bikini pose] [image: Kim Lee nude pics] [image: Kim Lee hot ass] [image: Kim Lee boobs] [image: Sexy Kim...
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Review Slam 6-14-12 - So, I figure, if I'm watching movies I have no reason to NOT write at least some kind of reviews for them. Thus, when I watch a few movies, I'm going to do...14 years ago
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A Brief History of Online Education - *The internet has given us many gifts throughout the years - from music and video game codes to not so G-rated material. Therefore, it is no surprise tha...14 years ago
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Rampart - In the opening scene of Rampart, we see LAPD officer Dave Brown behaving rather typically for a character in a corrupt cop movie. If the genre feels like ...
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Alas...A New Blog..... - Hi Everyone....Finally I'm back & I have a New Home... Lemanie's Randomness I love you Melanie's Randomness and all the joy & awesomeness you have brough...14 years ago
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The 25 Best Performances of 2011, Part 2 - Yip... 10) Rainn Wilson, Super Super was an interesting film in many ways, the kind of bold genre revisionism that people like me really, really like, but...
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Margin Call or "That One Big Oops" - Ok so me and the boy saw Margin Call over the weekend, admittedly partially against my will. But with a trailer like this, can you blame me for being reluc...14 years ago
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Rapid Reviews: Gotta Get Caught Up! - Time to get this thing back on track, don't you think? We're about to hit Oscar season once again and I've been incredibly remiss in updating this blog. D...
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Bummer #1: My Girl - *(I'm introducing a new feature about Hollywood's sick fascination with traumatizing youngsters and the toll that this personally took on me throughout m...
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It's Malibu McBee time! - So June marks the official start of summer or some shit, and with that comes all that cool shit that I like to do in the summer... like stay indoors out of...15 years ago
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And What Next? - As is its wont, the theatrical blogosphere is full of people getting angry. And that's okay--that's the purpose of theatre blogs: analyzing and decrying th...15 years ago
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Oh Goodness - Where does the time go? I must post more on this blog! All's well, I just get caught up in other things. So I figured I might as well return to blogging wi...15 years ago
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Making A Comeback - Hello my lovely followers, I hope you had a wonderfully relaxing winter holiday and a fun-filled New Year! It's been a while, huh? I'll admit, I completely...15 years ago
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New Year got you feeling a little "flushed?" Check out the NEW Strange Kids Club! - No worries. Strange Kid is back in business with a slew of cool new stuff planned for 2011 including the announcement of a brand new website: www.strangeki...
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A farewell to Blogspot - After having Social Rupture up on Blogspot for probably far too long, I've decided to move it to Tumblr, as the interface is far more intuitive and it gene...15 years ago
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Gone With the wind (1939) - This movie set on my shelf still wrapped in its shiny red Netflix envelope, I am embarrassed to say, for several months. I was not looking forward to the ...
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Go! Go! Go! - While I get the domain forwarding set up, the new site is up and running. GO HERE. NOW. Update your bookmarks, tell your family, your friends, your dog an...16 years ago
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15 Minute Play Festival - Well, okay. Not that anyone ever reads this anymore, but I thought I'd just drop in real quick and tell you guys my play, Bird Watching, was selected to be...16 years ago
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A last minute "write in" Niblet - No, it’s not for the Snarkernacle. For some inexplicable reason this hallowed site was not counted among those worthy of a Niblet nomination, and unlike so...16 years ago
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Crap - I haven't even looked at this thing in forever. I don't think anyone in my class has looked at their blog. Anyway, I have nothing to say. I'm just about t...
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- Thoughts on Rosemary's Baby
- In Honor of Freddy
- An Ode
- I have a science test
- A Brief Book Aside: The Adrian Mole Diaries, 1 & 2
- 20WordFilmBlogathonGO!
- Iron Man and You
- Midnight Movies-a call to arms
- Challenge
- Quotes around my humble home
- Roger Ebert has the transcript for...
- Huge-Ass List Contributers
- Most Underrated Movies Part ??
- "The Apocalypse Song"
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
- Brief Thoughts on Lymelife
- Thoughts on SNL last night
- Poor, poor 3-month-old baby
- I have more movies I must watch
- Peacock
- Sonatine
- Thoughts on Across the Universe
- I'm a Winner!
- What the fuck, Summer Glau?
- Leave My Precious Flower of a Sister Alone!
- There's a lot of news today.
- Helen Mirren
- Phantasmagoria: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll Teaser
- The One I Might Have Saved
- Quickie: Things You've Seen The Cast of Community In
- "I like you, Maude.""I like you, Harold." Have ...
- The 2010 Lammys
- The Infinite Mind of A Serious Man
- Hollywood Ugly
- When It Will Be Silent (an Israeli student film)
- I have a brilliant idea!
- Masked and Anonymous vs Southland Tales
- I won something!
- Hey, people with video cameras and a workable know...
- This gives me hope
- Weird things one happens upon on the internet
- Pitch: Slasher Film
- To movie reviewers, critics, and bloggers
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- Thoughts on Movies I Saw Today (that aren't Kick-Ass)
- Brief Thoughts on Chinatown
- Kick-Ass
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- Christopher Walken Appreciation Month
- Women Pre-1970: Adam's Rib, Bonnie & Clyde, Citize...
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- I'm having a bad day
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- Fridge Brilliance
- Thoughts on Oldboy
- Contest: “Your mother would enter this Contest in ...
- Linkin' That Shit
- News really quick (because I feel obliged)
- Where Can I Find Red Riding
- Why We Suck
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- Examination: Donnie Darko
- Best Movie Trailers
- I'm making a new profile picture
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- There Goes My Love by The Blue Van
- The Triplets of Belleville
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- Thoughts on The Assassination of Jesse James by th...
- The Coroner from The Wizard of Oz died
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- 5 Direct-to-DVD Movies That Didn't Suck
- Thoughts on Brazil
- Linkage
- I Love You Phillip Morris
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- Random Scenes: Greenberg
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- You know what I've noticed about movie bloggers?
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- Nobody talk about Inception
- Looks Like...
- Thoughts on Funny Games (original and US)
- "Fine, I'll admit it! Last night, I stole Thursda...
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- Thoughts on 2012
- My Dream Family
- To Sam Raimi
- Question about Citizen Kane
- Thoughts on Fifty Dead Men Walking
- Thoughts on the first ten minutes of The Hurt Locker
- Greenberg
- Conversations during The Ten Commandments
- I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK
- I Made Awards!
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Hahahah it all depends on who's doing the slapping. Since its Jack Nicholson, I would tell the truth before he did.
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