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That’s My Boy

Daddy’s Home movie review: floundering fathers

Mon, Dec 21, 2015
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Clichés about good dads and bad boys go beyond the cheap and obvious and into the insulting. There’s nothing unexpected or even mildly amusing here.

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Horrible Bosses 2 movie review: the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad sequel

Mon, Nov 24, 2014
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It’s not funny, only its villains speak truth, and its putative heroes are now the horrible bosses… though the movie doesn’t seem to realize that.

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Movie 43 flops because of bad weather and grumpy critics — all true! (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Jan 27, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Jan 19-25 2013

Sat, Jan 26, 2013
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That’s My Boy (review)

Wed, Jan 23, 2013
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This is like the evil Mirror Universe version of Ted.

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if R-rated movies were kids’ books (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Jun 27, 2012
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Candy Land is most dreaded upcoming board-game adaptation, say readers of FlickFilosopher.com

Wed, Jun 13, 2012
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That’s My Boy (redband and greenband trailers)

Mon, May 07, 2012
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Difficult as it may be to believe, the greenband trailer for this film is far more offensive than the redband…

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