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Man on a Ledge

February 11, 2012July 13, 2012JimComment(0)

I give up. Just what exactly did this ‘Manon’ allege?

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Big Miracle

February 9, 2012March 17, 2015JimComment(0)

Paint-by-blubbers.

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The Grey

February 8, 2012May 10, 2016JimComment(0)

Fittingly, The Grey was neither black, nor white, neither good, nor bad, just sort of in the middle.

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Red Tails

February 7, 2012July 13, 2012JimComment(0)

African-American story eschews Tyler Perry and gets a thumbs-up. Coincidence?

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X-Men: First Class

February 6, 2012February 14, 2012JimComment(0)

X-Men, you like school in th’ summer.

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Haywire

February 2, 2012March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

You can put a tiara on a box turtle, but it’s still a box turtle.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

February 1, 2012May 4, 2012JimComment(0)

Asperger’s: more fun than autism.

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Source Code

January 31, 2012February 6, 2012JimComment(0)

Boxing Jake Gyllenhaal

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Contraband

January 30, 2012June 4, 2012JimComment(0)

Next time you dump your cargo because of Coast Guard intervention, could you lose the screenplay with it?

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Underworld: Awakening

January 28, 2012January 3, 2017JimComment(0)

Wait a sec … that one is a vampire AND a werewolf? Does Team Edward know about this?

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