Movies
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS. HAROLD AND MAUDE I have a soft spot for cult classics and this one has been on my must see list for so long it’s embarrassing. So thank you powers that be at Pop Filter HQ for forcing me to finally take it off my shelf! Yes I own [many] DVD’s I’ve…
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DOUBLEFISTED EDITION!!! In which two people review the new-to-DVD The Hunger Games, one who hasn’t read the books, and one who has. HAS NOT READ THE BOOKS: ** (out of ****) It’s becoming more and more clear just how big the hole is in the world of pop culture that was left by the ending…
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LOL * (out of ****) I’m not going to say that my job here in the Suck My Disc wing of the PopFilter mansion, located in the old parking lot of the PopFilter Podcast Studio in lovely Burbank, California, is difficult; it’s basically the easiest job anyone could ever have. But that…
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GOD BLESS AMERICA ** (out of ****) If you’ve heard of Bobcat Goldthwait, then you probably don’t remember that much more than he was “that weird guy with that weird voiceâ€. The voice has long since been dropped, but the act still remains mostly the same, with the rage now coming through in his…
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PROJECT X * 1/2 (out of ****) Project X is the story of a high school kid named Thomas, and how his birthday party became the biggest house party in the history of Northern Pasadena. In the beginning of the film, it is revealed that Thomas’ dad thinks he is a loser. In the…
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Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows *** out of **** This weeks DVD releases comes with Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows (2011). This is the sequel to Sherlock Holmes (2009) staring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, and Mark Strong. This time around Robert Downey Jr., as Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law,…
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The DVDs, Blu Rays, and TVDs of May 22, 2012 CERTIFIED COPY ***1/2 (out of ****) Apparently director Abbas Kiarostami does not watch movies. Any movies. Ever. I watch a shitload of movies, and movies have nothing to do with my job. This guy directs movies, and doesn’t watch any movies at any time for…
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch ** out of **** A long time ago, back when cell phones were the size of small children and the Internet was just a baby, there was a movie. In fact, there were a lot of movies, but we don’t remember many of them do we? Gremlins…
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HAYWIRE *** (out of ****) In this day and age, what with the economy and the internet filled with 99 percenters and streaming videotape, it’s getting harder and harder for entertainers to earn Lifetime Passes. When you give someone a Lifetime Pass, that doesn’t mean that you will like everything they do for the…
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL *** (out of ****) I literally looked up the word “sequel†on dictionary.com before I started writing this article. I would never do something as cliché as begin a piece of writing with a definition, but I’m not sure we’re using the term “sequel†correctly. Back to the Future, Part…
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