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Zookeeper

October 11, 2011November 24, 2011JimComment(0)

If you could walk with the animals, talk with the animals, grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals, what makes you think they want to talk back?

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50/50

October 10, 2011March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

The odds you’ll be weeping before this movie ends.

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Real Steel

October 8, 2011February 10, 2016JimComment(1)

Real stupid.

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What’s Your Number?

October 6, 2011March 7, 2012JimComment(1)

Pretty sure it’s above 5.5 on imdb. Why? What’s yours? Oh, sorry.

Features

ACTING!

October 6, 2011October 9, 2011JimComment(0)

A shallow study of three leading men.

Fast Five
Reviews

Fast Five

October 4, 2011December 16, 2011JimComment(1)

Which one is Vin Diesel again? He’s the thick wry-smiled musclehead who only talks to make speeches. Yeah, Ok. Which one is Vin Diesel again?

Features

Big Gumby and Balance, Competitive

October 3, 2011November 29, 2016JimComment(0)

Caution: a non-movie Moneyball-related baseball article. And this one has numbers and charts and graphs. Oh my!

Features

The Art of Mismanagement

October 3, 2011October 6, 2011JimComment(0)

Caution: a non-movie Moneyball-related baseball article.

Reviews

The Tree of Life

October 2, 2011February 10, 2016JimComment(0)

Root rot.

Features

An open letter to the fans of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life

October 2, 2011October 6, 2011JimComment(0)

My dear confused fellow patrons:

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