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They Live

Free Guy movie review: NPC ya later…

Fri, Aug 13, 2021
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Messy sci-fi comedy, cheerful on the surface but nihilistic underneath, is utterly clueless about all the things it is almost about: AI, gaming, and the bread-and-circuses power of immersive worlds.

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curated: the truth about Trump’s White House

Tue, Jan 24, 2017
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Plausible.

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Branded (trailer)

Tue, Jul 17, 2012
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So, John Carpenter’s They Live aliens are back, and they’re controlling us with QR codes. I knew there was something creepy about those things…

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ho ho no: anticonsumer movies for your holiday pleasure

Tue, Dec 23, 2008
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A day after a man was trampled to death at a Long Island Wal-Mart — not by starving hoards rushing for the last can of Spam but by holiday shoppers desperate to save ten bucks on a cheap-ass made-in-China DVD player — Entertainment Weekly posted a DVD roundup called “Shop ‘Til You Drop: 20 Movies … more…

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watch it: “They Live (film trailer) – T.V. transmission”

Fri, Nov 14, 2008
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As we enter what is usually the most frenzied shopping season of the year (though maybe not this year), remember: (via fafblog)

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