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Smurfs

smurf me: ‘The Smurfs’ passes $500 million in worldwide box office

Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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This smurfing ensures that we will get not just one smurfing sequel to The Smurfs, but probably three or four. Smurf.

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question of the day: Are the Smurfs cryptofascists?

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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I mean, c’mon: Smurf society is the archetype of a totalitarian utopia marked by Stalinism and Nazism. Isn’t it?

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question of the day: Why is there such a disconnect between serious film lovers and casual moviegoers?

Wed, Aug 10, 2011
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How can the news of a remake of Dirty Dancing and a sequel to The Smurfs prompt so much groaning from movie devotees and yet be welcomed by more general audiences?

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The Smurfs (terrible movie quote)

Thu, Aug 04, 2011
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“Nothing like a cool breeze through my enchanted forest.” –Gutsy Smurf, the Scottish one (voice of Alan Cumming)

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question of the day: Why does Hollywood underestimate how well kids’ movies will do at the box office?

Tue, Aug 02, 2011
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Smurfs earned 50 percent more at the box office than it was expected to. Why?

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‘The Usual Smurfspects’

Fri, Jul 29, 2011
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Blame Karl for this: he requested it.

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‘Smurflien’: I say we take off and nuke the Smurf Village from orbit

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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Seriously, somebody stop me.

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‘Shaun of the Smurf’: another appealing Smurfs movie

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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Fuck, these are fun.

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‘Smurfs on a Plane’: a Smurfs movie I wouldn’t mind seeing

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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Because I hate the little blue buggers, I could not refrain from indulging in some mad Photoshop science on ’em.

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The Smurfs (review)

Tue, Jul 26, 2011
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Incontinence — as the result of either as-yet untrained bowels or a terrible adult affliction — is presumed to be a major concern for the viewer here.

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