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Trolls movie review: you can’t stop the cute

Fri, Oct 28, 2016
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Cute and sweet and will put you to sleep, like a diabetic coma, and then it will smack you awake with its relentlessly cheery vivid-pastel optimism.

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from Facebook: now Rey is missing from Star Wars Monopoly

Tue, Jan 05, 2016
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance

Thu, Jul 09, 2015
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Is the man who sang “We Saw Your Boobs” at the Oscars one to give us a touching story about civil rights and human dignity? Take a guess..

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (review)

Tue, Mar 26, 2013
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You get the G.I. Joes for Christmas. Hooray! You make them cross the demilitarized zone between the china cabinet and the DVDs near the TV to rescue Barbie. *pawft pawft pawft pawft* — enemy fire.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (trailer)

Wed, Dec 14, 2011
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Another Michael Bay(TM) Hasbro(TM) movie for 2012…

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Battleship (trailer)

Tue, Dec 13, 2011
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I can see now that this is going to be a movie the terribleness of which I shall be obsessed with.

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question of the weekend: What makes Mr. Potato Head Mr. Potato Head if it isn’t his potato?

Sat, Mar 05, 2011
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If Mr. Potato Head can exist by attaching his parts to a tortilla, then where does Mr. Potato Head’s essence reside if not in his very own potato head? Is it in the sum of his parts?

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