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Suicide Squad movie review: sh*t squad

Fri, Aug 05, 2016
169 comments

Should be grim, bitter, and as horrifyingly alluring as Hannibal Lecter. But it’s nothing but a teen-friendly ad for toys, Ts, and other disposable merch.

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Terminator Genisys movie review: back from the future… again

Thu, Jul 02, 2015
22 comments

I have a terrible feeling of deja vu. I have a terrible feeling of deja vu. I have a terrible feeling of deja vu. I have a terrible feeling of deja vu.

| 22 Comments

Unbroken movie review: where war movies have gone before

Sat, Dec 27, 2014
5 comments

Jack O’Connell is the most exciting young actor to break out in years, and he makes this overly familiar film worth your time… if only just.

| 5 Comments

fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Feb 09-15 2013

Sat, Feb 16, 2013
2 comments

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
13 comments

Bland generic action pudding that manages to be sociopathic, too.

| 13 Comments

sf/f/h flash fiction by me

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