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Sex Tape movie review: for shame

Thu, Sep 04, 2014
7 comments

Color me absolutely astonished that this is genuinely sweet and wholly sex-positive. Unfortunately, it’s also completely unfunny.

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The Muppets review: are we not men? we are weirdoes

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
3 comments

What is a Muppet? Is it something one is born? Is it something one chooses? Is it a state of mind? Is it a lifestyle?

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Bad Teacher (review)

Mon, Jun 20, 2011
8 comments

A refreshing breath of just-so-wrongness in today’s movie milieu.

| 8 Comments

The Muppets (“Being Green” teaser trailer)

Fri, Jun 17, 2011
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If the Muppets keep bringing it like this, I’m gonna have to get officially psyched for this movie at some point.

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Despicable Me (review)

Wed, Jul 07, 2010
20 comments

Better than *Toy Story 3.* Really.

| 20 Comments

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (review)

Mon, Apr 21, 2008
90 comments

It’s really hard to like a character when his own movie makes fun of him.

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