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speaking of originality: the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of ‘The Black Dahlia’

Fri, Sep 15, 2006
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Brian De Palma’s new flick is so bad it made me feel sorry for Josh Hartnett, which is surely a sign of the apocalypse…

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the scariest thing about ‘The Wicker Man’

Wed, Sep 06, 2006

The announcement of successful human cloning comes via a crappy horror flick…

not screened for critics: ‘The Wicker Man,’ ‘Crank,’ etc.

Fri, Sep 01, 2006
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But I’ll catch up on new flicks anyway…

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weekend box office: ‘Snakes’’s numbers are a little scary

Mon, Aug 21, 2006
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Shouldn’t ‘Snakes on a Plane’ have been a license to print money? What happened?

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Snakes on a Motherfarking Fark Party (bumped up)

Fri, Aug 18, 2006
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In or near NYC? Come watch ‘Snakes on a Plane’ with me and a bunch of other goofballs on Friday, August 18.

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type-cast: who should star in the movie version of Scott Smith’s new novel ‘The Ruins’?

Wed, Aug 16, 2006

Who would you cast in the upcoming movie version of the new horror novel?

the original ‘Snakes on a Plane’

Sat, Aug 12, 2006

There’s a big snake in the plane, Jock!

weekend box office: ‘Vice’ pays… sort of

Mon, Jul 31, 2006
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is ‘Miami Vice’ too smart for summertime moviegoers just looking for escape?

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weekend box office: all ‘Pirates’ these days, and more to come

Mon, Jul 24, 2006
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A pirate’s box-office take for me…

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you and me and ‘Little Man’ and ‘Dupree,’ or something

Fri, Jul 14, 2006
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I find myself straddling a weird critical divide this week…

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