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Tag: john cusack

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CHI-RAQ

Sex and Sattire Straight from Spike.

Posted on March 22, 2016September 12, 2020
trailers

I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times: LOVE & MERCY Trailer

That’s why God made the radio…

Posted on March 3, 2015March 9, 2015
dvd doubleback

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?

Posted on January 5, 2014December 11, 2014
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HOT TUB TIME MACHINE

Not sure why I’m surprised…

Posted on April 4, 2010April 10, 2015
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Everybody’s Talkin’ 11-27 (Chatter From Fellow Bloggers)

I write this sitting before an absolutely monstrous iMac. Seriously…why do I need a TV when I have this thing? The arrival of this beast … Read More ›

Posted on November 27, 2009March 8, 2012

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