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PopFilter Podcast 34
In which the friends, minus Jason plus writer Lynz, chat about School of Seven Bells- Ghostory, Life’s Too Short and Hugo. There may or may not be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Pretzel M&M’s involved.
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I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK MTV, Thursdays at 11:00 **1/2 (out of ****) On paper, I Just Want My Pants Back seems confusing and shitty. Confusing, because it’s a scripted show on MTV, something I thought they long ago stopped even thinking about. Shitty, because it’s a scripted show on MTV. And most of…
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The DVD, Blu Ray, and TVD releases for February 21, 2012 PUSS IN BOOTS *** (out of ****) Television series aren’t going to be perfect every episode. With TV, we watch a bad eppy, we shrug it off, and we wait for next week. Movie franchises aren’t so fortunate. The first Shrek was decent enough,…
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The DVD, Blu Ray, and TVD releases of February 14th, 2012 THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2: FULL SEQUENCE ** (out of ****) Okay, so you know when a movie is totally built up for you, and that’s all you hear about for months? “Omg, this is the most brutal movie ever!!!†“It’s so disturbing, no one…
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The DVD, Blu Ray, and TVD for the week of February 7, 2012 PROJECT NIM *** (out of ****) Project Nim is tasked with a pretty easy goal: get you to be interested in the story of a chimp who…do I really need to go on? It’s about a chimp. Chimps, as you may well…
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THE THING *1/2 (out of ****) There are some remakes that make you question the existence of a the Hollywood film industry and who these people are that run it. However, sometimes a remake comes along and you can’t help but think “that’s actually going to be pretty badass.†The latter is exactly how…
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DRIVE ***1/2 (out of ****) There are rules for action movies. Keep the plot moving. If you have to have an information dump, make it quick and move on to your next gun shot. Have simple characters that have clear motives and goals. And don’t go for too long without an action setpiece. If…
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UNSUPERVISED ** (out of ****) It’s too easy to just write Unsupervised off as a wannabe Beavis and Butthead, minus all of that perfectly crafted music video commentary and those clever jokes. Too easy, sure, but I’m not sure Unsupervised warrants anything more. It’s not so bad that it’s offensive, but instead tries so…
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WINTER TV EXTRAVAGANZA LOST GIRL ** (out of ****) In this winter TV season of attempted less discontent, I’m trying to take a different, more understanding look at the pilots I watch. With this in mind, I’m also trying to take a more understanding look of TV sci-fi. Science fiction automatically means you’re…
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WINTER TV EXTRAVAGANZA THE FINDER **1/2 (out of ****) All baggage should be checked at the door before trying to review something, but I do think that it is important when writing about something like The Finder to let everyone know that I have never seen Bones before. That didn’t scare me off…
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