Monthly Archives: September 2012

5-Word 365 #274 – The Sinful Dwarf

Gonna be brief again today. I’m quite heavily medicated and still not at my best. About these ads

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5-Word 365 #273 – Almost Elvis

This is going to be a short one today. That is no reflection on the film, it’s just that I can’t stop coughing and blowing my nose long enough to form a sentence. Tomorrow may be a bit iffy too.

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5-Word 365 #272 – The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Just to be clear before we start today, I did not choose this film.

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5-Word 365 #271 – Unthinkable

If you’re going to follow my lead and watch today’s film, do it with a group. If you watch it alone, the conversation afterwards might end up a bit stilted. (Or, come back here and share your thoughts with the … Continue reading

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5-Word 365 #270 – Conan The Barbarian (2011)

I felt like doing another live commentary review today. This is frankly the perfect movie for it; there’s plenty happening and most of it is at least vaguely ridiculous. On a related note, I’ve been toying with the idea of … Continue reading

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5-Word 365 #269 – Trespass

A bit later than usual today. Apparently, if you haven’t really slept in three days, a half-hour nap can turn into eight hours without warning. In other news, I have fired my alarm clock.

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5-Word 365 #268 – Switch

Imagine, if you will, an alternative universe where Tommy Lee Jones is a French ex-footballer and Harrison Ford is a cute blonde girl. Sounds oddly appealing, doesn’t it? It would certainly cast Star Wars in a new light anyway…

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5-Word 365 #267 – DIE

As far as WTF Sunday usually goes, this turned out to be a bit of a mild one. Not nearly as batshit bonkers as I was hoping. Not nearly as original either.

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5-Word 365 #266 – Fordson

And so Sports Movie Week reaches day 7. Time for a documentary.

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5-Word 365 #265 – Ice Princess

I had three options today for a film that fit in both Kids Film Friday and Sports Movie Week. Two of them were about baseball, but I did baseball yesterday, so I figured I’d go for door number 3. A … Continue reading

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