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Seth MacFarlane

Sing movie review: hey, kids, let’s put on a show!

Mon, Dec 19, 2016
4 comments

Smart, sweet, gently funny, with a wonderfully exuberant voice performance by Matthew McConaughey that hints at fresh new realms animated movies can reach.

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Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance

Thu, Jul 09, 2015
9 comments

Is the man who sang “We Saw Your Boobs” at the Oscars one to give us a touching story about civil rights and human dignity? Take a guess..

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A Million Ways to Die in the West movie review: “nice guys” need to shut up

Thu, May 29, 2014
109 comments

Director, producer, writer, and star Seth MacFarlane laments the epic romantic tragedy of Seth MacFarlane, who deserves a beautiful girlfriend because he’s “nice.”

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A Million Ways to Die in the West redband trailer: oh [expletive]

Fri, Feb 28, 2014
9 comments

I’m gonna be rooting for Liam Neeson to shoot Seth MacFarlane dead in this one.

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2014 preview: only movies left underived

Wed, Jan 15, 2014
1 comment

Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Feb 23-Mar 01 2013

Sun, Mar 03, 2013
3 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 feminist film critic defends the Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
493 comments

Yeah, I’m going there.

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QOTD: What did you love and hate about the Oscars?

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
23 comments

Seth MacFarlane sang about boobs, but Argo won Best Picture — yay! Meanwhile Joaquin Phoenix is not amused…

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QOTD: Are the Academy Awards making a good move by rebranding as “the Oscars”?

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
5 comments

There may be some things about the Academy Awards that need fixing, but this didn’t seem to be it.

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the 85th Academy Award nominees

Tue, Feb 12, 2013
4 comments

With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.

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