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Addictive Flicksnew
It is an objective and well-established truth that watching The Big Lebowski four times is much better than watching it once. Some films worm their way into your head, demanding to be rewatched at 3 a.m. even though you’ve memorized every line. They are the addictive films.
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John Tebbutt |
12-27-2010 |
Reviews
'Daybreakers' Blends Action with Toothy Social Commentarynew
It turns out that Daybreakers not only excels as a visceral thrill ride, but it addresses issues of human greed and short-sightedness with rare skill and originality. This is definitely a film worth seeing.
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John Tebbutt |
01-07-2010 |
Reviews
Smelled Any Good Movies Lately? A History of Fragant Cinemanew
A German company called Cinescent has recently begun bombarding European movie screens with scented advertisements. But this isn't the first time people have tried adding smells to the theater-going experience
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John Tebbutt |
10-01-2009 |
Movies
Video Vulture: The Scariest Prisoner (and the Scariest Scary Prisoner Movies)new
A good way to introduce a villain is to show the elaborate safety precautions needed to keep him safely behind bars. A regular old jail cell just isn't secure enough for these maniacs.
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John Tebbutt |
09-17-2009 |
Movies
ClerkDogs.com Has Finally Been Housebrokennew
Movie recommendation site ClerkDogs.com has drastically improved in the last few weeks. A team of dedicated and intelligent people are clearly working hard on getting the site to where it needs to be, and the difference is quite dramatic. New features have been introduced, old features work better and the site has become fun to use.
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John Tebbutt |
04-02-2009 |
Movies
Tags: ClerkDogs.com, videos & DVDs
Inside the Deeply Bizarre World of IMDb Movie Suggestionsnew
Let's take a second look at the sometimes incomprehensible "recommendations" feature on the Internet Movie Database website (www.imdb.com). As you'll soon see, some of these recommendations are rather unexpected.
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John Tebbutt |
12-11-2008 |
Movies
Why the Living Dead Will Never Die -- a Bit of Zombie Navel-Gazingnew
Zombie movies are everywhere. They surround us like a horde of reanimated corpses clawing at our boarded-up windows, and they just keep coming. Some of these films are brilliant (Shaun of the Dead) and some are awful (Zombie Cop), but fans of the genre are always willing to come back for more.
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John Tebbutt |
10-30-2008 |
Movies
