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POPFILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1978 THE BOYZ FROM BRAZIL Learning about evil things in the world is like eating spoiled food. It sticks with you for a while, troubles your bowels, and makes you wish for death. It moves through you with a sure, merciless snake-path while you scream inside, scream so loud…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS VS TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE A stoner movie versus a movie that most people have to be stoned to see. Many people claim that Pineapple Express is the best stoner movie ever (it’s…
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KILLING SEASON *1/2 (out of ****) Killing Season, directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider), and starring Robert DeNiro and John Travolta, is a film about two sexagenarian actors desperately trying to remain virile and relevant as they pad their mutual fund accounts. In order to make the crass affair more palatable there is…
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Elysium In an effort to write a review of Elysium that isn’t a re-review of District 9, I’ll look outside Neill Blomkamp’s current, two-film body of work for comparisons. That way I can say more than “It’s kind of like District 9 but worse,†and I’ll already be ahead of about 90% of other…
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POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1978 MIDNIGHT EXPRESS The opening scenes of Midnight Express grab you by the scruff of your neck and rub your face right in the tension and fear that follow Billy Hayes as he attempts to smuggle hash out of an airport in Turkey. You know that he’s going to get…
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PopFilter Vs Our Childhood In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. RYAN HALEY VS AN AMERICAN TAIL When you’re a kid, you’re an idiot. You’re an idiot in almost every conceivable way, but none more evident than your opinions on pop culture. As a kid, I was an animation…
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The Act of Killing The Act of Killing is sort of about a genocide that took place in the mid-sixties that the world has largely forgotten about because of, you know, all those other genocides we’re always doing – I mean honestly, who can keep up anymore? More than that, it’s about watching the people…
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WAKE N BAKE In which Erin informs you of the best movies to blaze to My friends and I might just be culturally insensitive, but I’ve never met anyone who took polka seriously. It’s always been a joke genre to me, in the same vein as comedians who play an instrument, or top 40 hits. …
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POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1978 HEAVEN CAN WAIT Joel Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a possibly mentally retarded 2nd string quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, is struck in a terrible head on collision while riding his bike through a dark tunnel on Mulholland Drive. This act – in and of itself – would…
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Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. Spaceballs VS Groundhog Day Bill Murray is going up against Mel Brooks who co-wrote, acted as two characters, and directed? Okay, time for a fair and just comparison… I’m rooting for you, Bill. Groundhog Day is…
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