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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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The Iron Lady

January 26, 2012February 10, 2016JimComment(1)

Old lady dementia and conservative Cold War politics … honey, get the kids!

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Kaboom

January 25, 2012June 4, 2013JimComment(0)

Personally, I’d avoid titling my film after the sound effect of a bomb exploding.

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The Artist

January 24, 2012July 28, 2012JimComment(0)

Shhhhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m hunting Oscaws.

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Players

January 23, 2012February 11, 2012JimComment(0)

Because ‘The Punjabi Job’ just wasn’t gonna cut it.

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Sucker Punch

January 21, 2012January 30, 2012JimComment(0)

About as feminist as a whorehouse.

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Joyful Noise

January 19, 2012July 13, 2012JimComment(0)

Come for the singing, stay for the sermon.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

January 18, 2012April 23, 2012JimComment(0)

You’ve read the book, now see the movie. No, the new one. No, not the sequel or the other sequel, the one that just came out. Yeah, wait, no. Oh, never mind.

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