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New Year’s Eve (review)

Wed, Dec 07, 2011
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What are you doing New Year’s eve? Not seeing this cheap, lazy excuse for a movie, I hope…

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because there’s no formula Hollywood can’t beat into the ground

Tue, Feb 16, 2010
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A sequel to Valentine’s Day had already been just about greenlit last week, before it raked in $63 million this past four-day holiday weekend, according to Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood: Little wonder Warner Bros’ New Line is in love with the Garry Marshall-directed Valentine’s Day because of its formula of cramming more than a … more…

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Valentine’s Day (review)

Fri, Feb 12, 2010
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It’s like being force-fed, all in one sitting, an entire box of cheap-shit heart-shaped chocolates from the dollar store.

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trailer break: ‘Valentine’s Day’

Tue, Dec 29, 2009
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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Garry Marshall really is an enemy of women, what with a recent slate that looks like this: Georgia Rule, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Raising Helen, and Runaway Bride. This one looks to be no different. Can we count the stupid clichés … more…

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