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weekend box office: ‘Ice’ twice as nice, ‘Benchwarmers’ pretty warm

Mon, Apr 10, 2006

The Scrat continues to dominate the box office; keeping ‘Benchwarmers’ from critics doesn’t hurt…

The Benchwarmers (review)

Sun, Apr 09, 2006

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

Phat Girlz (review)

Sun, Apr 09, 2006
1 comment

I am allowed to say this, because I’ve been on both sides of the fat-girl fence: ‘Phat Girlz,’ shut the fuck up.

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Phat Girlz, Benchwarmers: not screened for critics

Fri, Apr 07, 2006

To paraphrase Zaphod Beeblebrox, if the studios don’t want me to see these movies that bad, then I want to see them ever worse.

Take the Lead (review)

Fri, Apr 07, 2006

Ohmigod, Antonio Ban-DAIIIIR-es!

Adam & Steve (review)

Thu, Apr 06, 2006

Goodie: it’s the first grossout gay romantic comedy.

The Young Riders: Season 1 (review)

Thu, Apr 06, 2006

A delightful, if innocuous, family-friendly show about friendship, tolerance, hard work, and sweet romance…

cinemastrology: cinemascopes for the week of 04.06-04.12

Wed, Apr 05, 2006

Cinemastrology’s guidance for the coming week. Be very afraid.

cinemastrology controls the lives of Sharon Stone and Matthew McConaughey?

Wed, Apr 05, 2006

When celebs act out, cinemastrology is there.

The Andy Milonakis Show: The Complete First Season (review)

Wed, Apr 05, 2006
3 comments

It’s almost as if Milonakis is suffering from some particularly perverse form of self-inflicted pedophilia and is inviting us to gawp at him as his disease folds in on itself.

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