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Monthly Archives: September 2012

Review: The Music Video for ‘Call Me Maybe’ Is Adorably Canadian

Now, we all know that “Call Me Maybe” is the perfect pop song. It’s stupid and happy and super goddamn catchy. Weirdly enough, it isn’t about gettin’ drunk and having (probably) regrettable sex, which is the style these days. Quick re-cap: 80s pop songs were about musicians forced to enter a battle of dumb sexual…

September 21, 2012 in Movie Review, Short Film Review.

Netflix Review: ‘Raising Arizona’ is Sweet and Quirky and You Should Watch It

As my twelve dedicated fans will know, I think that Nicolas Cage is pretty great (he is in the movie that I am about to review). During my Stupid Phase in college—every college kid has one—I went from hating him like everybody else to liking him ironically, which is worse. As I became less Stupid,…

September 19, 2012 in Movie Review, Netflix Review.

There’s Some Really Good Stuff on Netflix Instant, You Guys

Working at a video store—which is a thing that I do and very much enjoy—I get a lot of well-meaning customers telling me that Netflix doesn’t have any good movies on Instant. While I appreciate the attempt to create a euphemism for “I’m shopping here because of pity and nostalgia,” I’m inclined to disagree. There…

September 14, 2012 in Movie Review, Valuable Information.

Review: ‘Lawless’ Is Uneven and Underwhelming

Well, at least it looks better than This Means War…

September 7, 2012 in Movie Review.

Review: You Should Probably Check Out ‘ParaNorman’

Hey, gang. Sorry that reviews have been coming kind of irregularly for the past few weeks/months. I just got a job, and I’m still shaking off the summer cobwebs. On an interesting side note, I have encountered some huge f*cking spiders when taking out the trash. Seriously, one of their webs got caught in my hair…

September 5, 2012 in Movie Review.

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