Movies
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE GIRL, INTERRUPTED VS KING KONG (2005) Both of these movies might as well be called Kung Fu Pandering. In one corner, we have King Kong, the only other Peter Jackson movie the world had seen,…
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The Croods Dreamworks, in their ongoing crusade to prove that they’re more than just an in-theatre mockbuster scheme, have really stepped up their game of late. No longer content to make movies that look just enough like Pixar to remind us of how much better Pixar is, they’ve started churning out releases like the…
Read MorePOP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1979 LIFE OF BRIAN How could you not be offended by Life of Brian? Well…I mean, I wasn’t, but that’s because I haven’t believed in a power higher than me since I was old enough to look in the mirror and whisper “Fuck that.†You weren’t, because you’re smarter…
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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 TROY VS CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Troy and Catch Me if You Can, the first is based on one of the greatest stories of all time. The other features America’s sweetheart Tom…
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Oz the Great and Powerful The Wizard of Oz has been re-made, sequel-ed, prequel-ed, adapted, rebooted, re-imagined and in general just fucked with so often that it’s hard to tell exactly how much it being done one more time matters. Almost none of the 500 or so Oz rip-offs are anywhere near the original in…
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WAKE N BAKE In which Erin informs you the best movies to blaze to. Some films are more enjoyable when viewed stoned. For other films, it’s downright necessary, especially when considering those made for children. Of these movies emerges an unsung Claymation gem of Korean cinema, Doggy Poo, which follows the musings of a…
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Snitch In Snitch, Dwayne Johnson plays John Matthews, the owner of a construction company who goes to extraordinary lengths to save his son from an unsympathetic and overly pragmatic legal system. He fights his way through mounds of red tape and dozens of gangsters whose dialogue was clearly written by a white person but at…
Read MorePopFilter Presents: 2013 Oscar Drinking Game
POPFILTER PRESENTS: THE 2013 ACADEMY AWARDS DRINKING GAME If you’re like me you treat the Oscars like an apocalyptic event, stocking up on weeks’ worth of beer and guac, ready to hole up for the entire 8 hour event. These preparations are part of a year’s culmination of watching countless movies, and talking for countless…
Read MoreLiam Neeson Was Not In Battleship
The Big Dirty Article “Liam Neeson Was Not In Battleship†by Tim Appelbaum After watching the trailers, I really wanted to see this movie. As I was watching it, I really wanted to enjoy it, but the film just would not let me. It didn’t give me anything to grasp as a redeeming element.…
Read MoreMovies Are Silly!
It’s been a while yourpopfilterites (and -ettes). But I’m back… for now at least. And what better way to get back in the mix than a new installment of “Movies Are Silly!â€! If you’re unfamiliar feel free to peruse some of the older articles, this one will still be here when you get back, probably.…
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