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Flintstones

The Good Dinosaur movie review: bad dinosaur, bad

Tue, Nov 24, 2015
94 comments

Shamefully banal; such a confused mess that I cannot even figure out what the title is supposed to mean. A slap in the face to Pixar fans after Inside Out.

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The Croods (review)

Wed, Mar 20, 2013
30 comments

Was this secretly produced by the Institute for Creation Research?

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The Croods (trailer)

Mon, Feb 18, 2013
12 comments

It’s like someone looked at The Flintstones and thought, Love the prehistoric vibe, but it’s just too intellectual…

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question of the day: Does the world need Seth McFarlane’s ‘Flintstones’ reboot?

Tue, May 17, 2011
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Because, you know, the world has been absolutely clamoring for a Seth McFarlane reboot of The Flintstones. Our long national nightmare of McFarlane-Flintstone-lessness is finally over!

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watch it: 1980s Christmas Flinstones Fruity Pebbles commercial

Thu, Dec 16, 2010
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What does artificially flavored and colored junk food breakfast cereal have to do with Christmas? Would cavepeople have celebrated Christmas? Inquiring minds want to know…

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watch it: the Flintstones flogging cigarettes, circa early 1960s

Thu, Nov 05, 2009
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Holy crap:

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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (review)

Tue, Jun 30, 2009
27 comments

This is how far cartoons have descended in the last decade and a half: *The Lion King* was Shakespearean. *Ice Age* is *Everybody Loves Raymond*ean.

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