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HAPPY 3 YEARS OF POPFILTERING!
While I write this update, I’m drinking a Bloody Mary, and doing so for a couple of reasons: First off, because it’s Saturday. That means it’s totally okay for anyone to start drinking whenever they feel like it, regardless of what “time†it is or how many “families†with “kids†are running around to say…
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TOP TEN – TOTALLY MESSED UP KIDS MOVIES E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) While it’s touted as a magical family adventure, this right here is the movie that taught me not to trust the government. What’s the point of befriending an Alien if it means a bunch of faceless, evil HazMat suits can just seize your…
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TOP TEN – MOVIES THAT DEFINE SUMMER STAND BY ME (1986) The very best summer movies explore what kind of hijinks kids used to get into when they had an entire season of freedom stretched out ahead of them. You think a group of 12-year-olds could go have an amazing adolescent journey of self-discovery…
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Top Ten Musical Numbers in Non-Musicals Because sometimes life is a musical..but usually it’s just awkward. As usual in no particular order. Day-0/Beetlejuice (1988) It’s easy to forget that everyone’s favorite scene lasts less than 2 minutes of the entire movie because it’s so damn good it permeates the whole thing like one big reggae…
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Cartoons That Are Better When You’re High He-Man: Masters of the Universe/She-Ra: Princess of Power I hadn’t watched this in forever and was so focused on putting my mind at ease once and for all about whether or not He-Man and She-Ra were brother and sister or an item that I completely forgot the…
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Ten [of the] Top Cult Movies I struggled as much with this list as I do every time someone asks me what my favorite movie is. ( I’ll give you my favorite blockbuster, my guilty pleasure, my favorite to watch over and over, my childhood favorite and my top pick in every genre…but don’t ask…
Read MoreTop Ten – Sidekicks Who Steal the Show
Sidekicks Who Steal the Show To be clear, these aren’t necessarily the best sidekicks of all time…though that would be a good list…OK that’s definitely coming up at a later point. But THIS list is for the sidekicks that are arguably better than the hero or protagonist, the ones who totally steal the show. These…
Read MoreTop Ten – Movie Urban Legends
Movie Urban Legends Goldfinger It was just like any other night for James Bond, he makes an entrance in a swanky casino, foils the cheating scheme of an International criminal, and takes the guy’s secretary to bed as his reward. But next thing you know Oddjob knocks him out cold and when he comes to…
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Best Fictional Bars and Restaurants The Peach Pit – Beverly Hills 90210 The Peach Pit is amazing because of its chameleon nature, rendering it homey diner by day and totally kicking rock club when it becomes The Peach Pit After Dark. The diner is the perfect setting to discuss the eternal teen drama of two…
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Actors Who ARE Their Characters Mayim Bialik/ Amy Farrah Fowler As the only legitimate nerd on the Big Bang Theory, I’m convinced the part was written specifically for this former child star. A full two years before neurobiologist Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler met Dr. Sheldon Cooper and became television’s most awkwardly endearing, non-sexual couple, she…
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