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Sigmund Freud

Eiffel movie review: Gustave’s erection

Wed, Aug 17, 2022
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Comfortably unchallenging French romantic drama, though it does Freudian-slip into implying that the engineer was only inspired to erect his soaring tower when an old flame reawakened his, er, heart.

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what do women want? ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ have some answers

Wed, Jan 15, 2020
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Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.

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retro ad: late 60s/early 70s Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial

Thu, Apr 19, 2012
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If only Freud had lived to see the answer we discovered to his great question: What do women want? KFC.

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classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Movie”

Sat, May 22, 2010
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Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.

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May 22: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Thu, May 21, 2009
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We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but you fear leaving your underground bunker will draw the attention of the machines. But you can have something close to that multiplex experience at home with the proper application of rental DVDs. In fact, you might … more…

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