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Idiocracy

Bill & Ted Face the Music movie review: not-so-strange things are afoot…

Sat, Aug 29, 2020
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The chill zen and goofy charm of GenX’s philosopher-fools remains intact, but their latest adventure is too familiar a retelling. Still, “Be excellent to each other” won’t ever not be worth heeding.

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Science Fair documentary review: these kids today, with their changing the world…

Fri, Sep 28, 2018
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Meet some of the most brilliant teenagers alive, high-school students from all over the world competing at the World Cup of genius geekery. Funny, sobering, and inspiring.

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CHiPs movie review: they promised chip would happen, and it did

Mon, Mar 27, 2017
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Toilet humor, cars exploding for no reason, random naked boobies, and gay panic… although, weirdly, also lots of awkward, unerotic nearly naked Dax Shepard.

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Catfight movie review: punches not pulled

Thu, Mar 09, 2017
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Takes women’s hostility out of the realm of the passive-aggressive and gives it free comedic rein physically in a way that is hilarious, disturbing, and pointed.

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The Lego Movie review: take the brick pill

Wed, Feb 12, 2014
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You’ve seen this all before — it’s Toy Story meets The Matrix — just not done in Legos.

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jul 06-12 2013

Sat, Jul 13, 2013
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Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

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A Good Day to Die Hard (review)

Fri, Feb 15, 2013
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Bland generic action pudding that manages to be sociopathic, too.

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Resident Evil: Retribution 3D (trailer)

Thu, Sep 06, 2012
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We are rapidly approaching the day of Ass: The Movie.

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more pix from yesterday’s Doctor Who shoot in NYC (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Apr 13, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Wrath of the Titans (review)

Fri, Mar 30, 2012
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And now we learn the secret of that dreadful Clash of the Titans movie from a coupla years back. Its incoherence? Its soullessness? All by design.

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