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Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania 2 movie review: check out and never return

Fri, Oct 16, 2015
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The barrage of nonstop sitcom idiocy is nigh on unendurable. A father plotting against his daughter as touching and uplifting? Way worse.

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question of the day: Why do we consider animated movies to be kiddie flicks or “for families”?

Wed, Dec 12, 2012
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What will it take for the assumption to stop being automatic? An R-/15-rated animated film? Is such a thing even possible in the existing business environment for films?

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Rise of the Guardians (review)

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
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There’s genuine magic here. Dark magic, even. That’s a good thing.

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it was a long four-movie day (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Nov 14, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook and Twitter saw today…

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