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A Bad Moms Christmas movie review: cruel coal in the stocking

Wed, Nov 01, 2017
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This rushed sequel is an insult to its progenitor movie. A cheap knockoff that doesn’t understand what made Bad Moms so smart, funny, and feminist-wise.

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Vacation movie review: stay home

Fri, Aug 21, 2015
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All homophobic, xenophobic, scatological grossout, with some rape and pedophilia “jokes” for flavor. How did this happen?

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues review: how news got broken

Tue, Dec 17, 2013
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Far from perfect, but its humor is nearly Monty Python-esque, much more deliciously absurd and creatively bizarre than its predecessor.

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trailer break: ‘Hall Pass’

Fri, Feb 18, 2011
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I’m really starting to hate Owen Wilson.

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Going the Distance (review)

Fri, Sep 03, 2010
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I slept with this movie, and now I’m sorry I did.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (review)

Wed, Dec 23, 2009
4 comments

When a paralyzed Marine takes part in a daring biological experiment on another planet, he encounters a remarkable alien civilization– No, wait: that’s *Avatar.* This movie is about singing cartoon rodents.

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (review)

Fri, Jul 09, 2004
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I can’t remember a single piece of movie advertising that’s more deceptive, more outrageously, deliberately misleading than the teaser trailer for Anchorman, at least 80 percent of the content of which appears nowhere in the film.

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