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FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA
FALL TV EXTRAVAGANZA GUYS WITH KIDS * 1/2 (out of ****) Close your eyes and imagine how good a show named Guys With Kids is. Think about how many times you laughed? Zero? Less than zero? Do you think it could be so unfunny that it actually took away a laugh from an episode…
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THE KILPATRICK FILES PART TWO When last we left our Dynamic Duo, Conor was telling us that both iFanboy and the DC reboot could be considered a success, even though the costumes of both endeavors are typically pretty stupid. Let’s pick up the conversation mid-action. There will be no further interruptions. Ryan Haley: How much…
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THE KILPATRICK FILES PART ONE Conor Kilpatrick, along with Ron Richards and Josh Flanagan, is the cleanest-shaved of the three headed monster that operates the comic book website iFanboy.com. The three friends started iFanboy a decade ago as an e-mail list, where each week one of them would pick what they thought was the best…
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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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THE POP FILTER TOP 40 TV THEME SONGS In which we finally fucking get to 10-1. 10. THE MUPPET SHOW Sometimes the point of a theme song can be to introduce you to the characters, or to the premise of the show. Sometimes it can be nothing more than shit that plays just so the…
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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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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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This week the friends try something different by locking Jason out of the room, and bringing in PopFilter writer Brett Wheeler to talk about Slash- Apocalyptic Love and Spartacus: Vengeance. You think having a guest would force professionalism. Unless you’ve listened to the show before, and realize it can always get worse. But worse in…
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