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I could do this same effect in Corel Paint 4 back in the fuckin' 90s! | Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures
Wanted may very well be the worst movie ever to have made $100M (unless it's another Jolie groaner, Gone in 60 Seconds). Yes, she shows her bare ass in Wanted, but you can just as easily see that here and save yourself some money. The first two Narnia movies suffer from the same malady as the first two Harry Potter flicks--listless direction. How 'bout we bring in Alfonso Cuaron for Dawn Treader? Step Brothers was funnier than it had any right to be. Or am I just revealing my incredible bias for all things involving John C. Reilly? Another X-Files movie all these years later? Huh? How about some year-round Californication instead?
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Step Brothers
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Fly Me to the Moon (3D Version)
The Longshots
Arctic Monkeys At the Apollo
Neo Ned
Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
White Dog - Criterion Collection
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Frost/Nixon is getting fairly good buzz (some say the best picture of Ron Howard's career but what is that really saying? Has he ever topped Cocoon?) Check out the original source material today on DVD and judge for yourself whether fiction is more truthful than reality. Doesn't Keanu look awfully non-threatening in the preview for The Day the Earth Stood Still? Isn't that a problem? Since it's, you know, sort of an end-of-the-world movie? Not enough people know who in the hell Douglas Fairbanks, Lon Chaneyand Ray Harryhausen are. Fix it. I wanna see Girls Gone Wild: Joe Francis Raped by Nazi Lowriders in Prison.
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer
Lon Chaney Tribute: Special Makeup Effects
Ray Harryhausen Interviews
Westlife - 10 Years of Westlife - Live at Croke Park Stadium
Le Chevalier d'Eon: Complete Box Set
Secrets of the Clown
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Girls Gone Wild: Hottest Dorm Room Confessions
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