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Disaster Movie Poster Is Half True

Posted by Brent Simon at 8/4/2008 11:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

McCain Campaign Goes Weird, Cranky with Ads

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Newsflash: August Movies Suck

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/31/2008 9:25 AM | Add Comment

Celeb Gift Bags Reach Apex of Bizarreness

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Crap Comes Home After Studio Keep-Away

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Molly Ringwald Begs John Hughes for 16 to 24 More Candles

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It's Snot That It Makes Me Uncomfortable...

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Stephen Baldwin Talk English No Good

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Fox News on Obama: "Terrorist Fist Jab?"

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/10/2008 6:30 AM | Add Comment

The Happening Happens Not To Be Screening Much

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/10/2008 6:12 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Semi-Pro Non-Review

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/3/2008 8:30 AM | Add Comment

MTV Movie Awards To Soon Honor Self?

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/2/2008 12:30 AM | Add Comment

A Few War, Inc. Thoughts

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/20/2008 12:45 PM | Add Comment

Unthinkable Becomes Reality

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Wait... a Donnie Darko Sequel?!

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/9/2008 10:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Warner Bros. Pulls Out of Indie Business

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Nick Cannon, Mariah Carey Wed?

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Advance Thoughts on Bloodline

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Lesbos Islanders Dispute Gay Name... In Court

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Obama's Struggle Against Racist Spam

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/29/2008 6:05 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Judd Apatow Slagged... Poorly

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/24/2008 7:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Pay the Day-Players, Studios!

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/22/2008 10:15 PM | Add Comment

Critics Not Asked to Prom (Night)

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/11/2008 12:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Alvin, Chipmunks Shill DVD

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Tina Brown Assays Clinton's Campaign

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Wading Into Henry Poole...

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Hillary Uses Rocky Theme Song

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Film Criticism's Future: Targeted Screenings?

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/1/2008 12:20 PM | Add Comment

Corpse of Print Dragged Back Out, Beaten Again

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/1/2008 7:18 AM | Add Comment

Boondock Saints Sequel Set

Posted by Brent Simon at 3/20/2008 11:47 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Doomsday Is Bad... and Loud, Too!

Posted by Brent Simon at 3/19/2008 5:35 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Shutter Hides From Critics

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Doomsday Is Bad

Posted by Brent Simon at 3/14/2008 3:50 PM | Add Comment

Idiot Publishers Abound, Apparently

Posted by Brent Simon at 3/3/2008 7:55 AM | Add Comment

WTF: Dragonball?!?

Posted by Brent Simon at 2/29/2008 7:10 PM | Add Comment

On College Road Trip's Pig Flips

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Not Problems the Greatest Generation Faced...

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Please Excuse Our Stasis...

Posted by Brent Simon at 2/5/2008 4:35 PM | Add Comment

On Blog Photo Wars

Posted by Brent Simon at 1/23/2008 11:37 PM | Add Comment

How Many Producers Does it Take to Put Together a Jessica Simpson Movie?

Posted by Brent Simon at 1/12/2008 5:18 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Hey, That's a Cheap Shot...

Posted by Brent Simon at 12/9/2007 9:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

On Iraq's Human Cost

Posted by Brent Simon at 11/10/2007 7:01 AM | Add Comment

A Case for Natural Selection...

Posted by Brent Simon at 10/30/2007 9:03 AM | Add Comment

On Zodiac's DVD Controversy

Posted by Brent Simon at 10/24/2007 11:55 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

On Dogs Sensing Vampires

Posted by Brent Simon at 10/9/2007 11:28 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Movie Ads Don't Talk Good

Posted by Brent Simon at 9/28/2007 6:35 PM | Add Comment

Go to Hell, Drumline...

Posted by Brent Simon at 9/17/2007 7:08 AM | Add Comment

Studio Screening Secrets & Lies

Posted by Brent Simon at 9/13/2007 5:04 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Still More Than Meets the Eye?

Posted by Brent Simon at 9/13/2007 6:27 AM | Add Comment

On Ad Quote Hyperbole

Posted by Brent Simon at 9/3/2007 12:01 AM | Add Comment

Good Luck Chuck Is Pissing Me Off...

Posted by Brent Simon at 8/31/2007 11:15 AM | Add Comment

On Saw IV, False Controversy

Posted by Brent Simon at 8/5/2007 10:50 PM | Add Comment

On Runaway Producer Credits

Posted by Brent Simon at 8/1/2007 10:10 AM | Add Comment

Jessica Simpson Joins the Army

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/24/2007 11:45 PM | Add Comment

Fox, Critics Strap on Gloves

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/20/2007 11:10 PM | Add Comment

On Transformer's Ending

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/15/2007 9:25 AM | Add Comment

Happy Birthday, Jessica Simpson?

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/10/2007 8:15 AM | Add Comment

On God and Stephen Baldwin

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/10/2007 6:40 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Can Barely Type This, Actually...

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/6/2007 4:30 PM | Add Comment

Happy Birthday, Tom Cruise

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/3/2007 8:15 AM | Add Comment

Bratz Countdown Begins

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/3/2007 12:00 AM | Add Comment

On Sam Rockwell's Hair

Posted by Brent Simon at 7/2/2007 8:17 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

President Bush Talks Real Good

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/26/2007 10:25 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Lie Hard: Ratings Controversy Mis-Reportage

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/26/2007 6:51 AM | Add Comment

Paris Hilton Loosed Back on Society

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/26/2007 6:35 AM | Add Comment

Is John Cusack Stupid?

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/22/2007 3:45 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Evan Tries to Dance

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/22/2007 11:10 AM | Add Comment

MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/21/2007 9:15 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

AICN Contributor Canned After Early Review

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/14/2007 9:23 AM | Add Comment

On Hot Rod's Running Time

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/12/2007 7:25 AM | Add Comment

Wanda Sykes on Paris Hilton

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/12/2007 7:11 AM | Add Comment

Evan Almighty Goes to Washington

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/11/2007 4:45 PM | Add Comment

On Paris Hilton Media Circus...

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/8/2007 12:37 PM | Add Comment

Paris Hilton Back in Slammer

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/8/2007 11:20 AM | Add Comment

Naomi Watts to Play Angelina Jolie?

Posted by Brent Simon at 6/6/2007 11:25 PM | Add Comment

Murdoch, Fox Mint Silver Surfer Coin

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/30/2007 6:40 AM | Add Comment

On Good Luck Chuck Posters

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On Lohan DUI, Who Killed Me Gossip

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/27/2007 12:00 AM | Add Comment

On Hairspray's Test Scores

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On I Know Who Killed Me

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/24/2007 8:32 AM | Add Comment

Three 6 Mafia Take Hollywood By... Stupidity

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/21/2007 7:20 AM | Add Comment

Jenna Fischer Wuz Robbed

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/17/2007 12:05 AM | Add Comment

Shannon Elizabeth Still Has Breasts

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/2/2007 10:40 PM | Add Comment

Kristin Cavallari Has Her Eyes on You

Posted by Brent Simon at 5/1/2007 6:35 AM | Add Comment

Happy Birthday, Carmen Electra

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/20/2007 7:20 AM | Add Comment

Again With the Friggin' Architects!

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/11/2007 11:09 PM | Add Comment

Richard Gere Finds High Horse

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/7/2007 10:54 AM | Add Comment

Bratz Seeks Music

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/5/2007 10:47 PM | Add Comment

HBO Orders Recount

Posted by Brent Simon at 4/1/2007 10:18 PM | Add Comment

When Screen Fashion Attacks, Part Two

Posted by Brent Simon at 3/3/2007 8:07 AM | Add Comment

Reverend Ted Baehr, Film Critic

Posted by Brent Simon at 2/22/2007 3:08 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Underdog: Sigh... Really?

Posted by Brent Simon at 2/13/2007 11:11 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Smith Shame Circle Expands

Posted by Brent Simon at 2/12/2007 6:13 PM | Add Comment

I Call Bullshit on Architects...

Posted by Brent Simon at 2/2/2007 7:21 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

On Cell Phone Insert Shots

Posted by Brent Simon at 1/30/2007 11:13 AM | Add Comment

Oscars of the Damned

Posted by Brent Simon at 1/22/2007 6:52 AM | Add Comment

Wanted: Extinguished Butts

Posted by Brent Simon at 1/20/2007 10:38 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Tara Reid... Honestly?

Posted by Brent Simon at 1/18/2007 6:14 AM | Add Comment

Happy Birthday, Estella Warren

Posted by Brent Simon at 12/23/2006 6:34 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

On Screening Schedules and Studio Lot Security Guards

Posted by Brent Simon at 12/10/2006 1:12 AM | Add Comment
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