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Return of the Jedi

most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Dec 08-14 2012

Sun, Dec 16, 2012
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question of the day: Why do you think three female Rebel pilots were cut from Return of the Jedi?

Thu, Dec 13, 2012
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And are you as angry about this as I am?

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imagine a David Cronenberg Return of the Jedi (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Nov 24, 2012
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (review)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
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The world’s most insipid vampires are back in inaction! Twilight has never been more about people standing around waiting for stuff to happen to them…

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I miss MST3K so very very much (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Nov 04, 2012
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (review)

Mon, Feb 06, 2012
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Crams three times the hoo-hah of the first film into a 3D CGI theme-park ride, yet reduces itself to one-third the fun…

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question of the day: How much can George Lucas alter ‘Star Wars’ before it’s no longer ‘Star Wars’?

Thu, Sep 01, 2011
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I think we can agree that Star Wars is Lucas’s property to do whatever he wants with. But there must come a point at which Star Wars no longer feels like something the fans want to embrace.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (review)

Wed, Jul 13, 2011
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This is simply a great flick: powerfully emotional, profoundly resonant, scary and funny and intense and wholly enrapturing.

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Rooney Mara is the American girl with the dragon tattoo; Net neutrality’s swan song; is George Lucas an asshole?; more: leftover links

Sun, Aug 22, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…

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when a boy becomes a Jedi

Mon, Aug 16, 2010
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It seems that a missing scene from *Return of the Jedi* was screened for fans at Celebration, the big *Star Wars* convention this past weekend…

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