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Tyler Perry

Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?

Fri, Jan 14, 2022
11 comments

I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?

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Where Are the Women? rating criteria explained (updated!)

Thu, Apr 21, 2016
70 comments

Supplementary explanations for my Where Are the Women? rating criteria. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Magic Mike XXL movie review: crotch watch

Wed, Jul 01, 2015
31 comments

A cringe-worthy jamboree of dimbulb manflesh that’s even more embarrassing than the first film. If you want a picture of the future, imagine Channing Tatum grinding his crotch in a human face, forever.

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Gone Girl movie review: proof of wife

Mon, Sep 29, 2014
153 comments

Ruins itself as even high-toned cinematic junk food when its justifiable cynicism morphs into something manipulative and dangerously disingenuous.

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Instructions Not Included trailer: why you’ve probably never heard of this hit movie

Wed, Sep 04, 2013
12 comments

I have a vague impression of having heard a whisper of this movie somewhere, but I never received a press release about it, nor a screening invitation.

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of May 4-10 2013

Sat, May 11, 2013
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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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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Apr 13-19 2013

Sun, Apr 21, 2013
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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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Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (trailer)

Tue, Mar 26, 2013
8 comments

Well, that looks ridiculous.

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question of the day: Which classic film would make for the most unlikely Hollywood blockbuster remake?

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
2 comments

And who would make it? Tyler Perry’s Madea’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Disney Presents Tim Burton’s Freaks?

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the first image from the Evil Dead remake is seriously not groovy (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Oct 20, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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