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Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

There is really only one thing that keeps Order of the Phoenix from being a downright exceptional film, and that is just how FAST everything goes by. David Yates was keen from the beginning on not making the film overlong, and he certainly succeeds there. Unfortunately, he sacrifices in many cases the emotional weight of the...
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Tool is all set. Review possibly forthcoming, depending on how fucked up I am after the show.

So my friend just called me today and told me the Tool ticket I got for him a month ago, which the concert for is Wednesday, FYI, will not be used. Apparently, after I spent sixty fucking dollars on his ragamuffin ass, he went and bought tickets for the Tool show at Summerfest, which is closer, and also more expensive, again FYI. SIXTY FUCKING DOLLARS....
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Heading to the movies in a bit. Friends want to go see Paprika because it's anime, but the movie lover in me really wants to see La Vie En Rose. Ebert gave it four stars...but then again he did the same for Me And You And Everyone We Know. Oh well. I also want to see it because it's at the Oriental Theatre...
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In defense of Barry Bonds:

So now we come to it. Bonds sits at 748 home runs, and the collective white American baseball fanbase is his enemy. Every time he brings himself to bat, he is greeted by a shower of boos and copius amounts of berations such as "You cheat!" or "BALCO!" or "JUICED!" (ironically, all coming from the same drunk asshole sitting behind...
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REVIEW: HOT FUZZ

After seeing this film, made by Simon Pegg, who directed and starred in Shaun of the Dead, I immediately decided that I would review it. But not in the traditional sense of a film review, but within the guidelines of the Ruthless Guide to '80s Action.


Tagline:

Big Cops. Small Town. Moderate Violence.

Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In...
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