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The Manipulator
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Somebody doesn't like The Orphanage?!?!?!

He's basically only good at playing Mark Wahlberg but he also needs a really strong director to be convincing as Mark Wahlberg.

The trailers have been promising, making it look like The Others crossed with The Orphanage, so glad to hear it isn't secretly terrible after all.

There appears to be a stray "though" in that second sentence, or that entire sentence is in the wrong place, possibly at the wrong time…

They should also do their song from the Sprite commercial:

Christianity does a fine job of embarrassing itself without the long-standing help of Christmas.

"Would you ask Tyler Perry that question?"

Tyler Perry's Stephen King's The Shining

I really wasn't into this season at all, not really engaged emotionally in what was happening, but that one scene last week between Walter and Peter changed this for me.

It plays like an episode of Spenser for Hire starring Tom Cruise.

It is the only movie I've ever seen where a Leprechaun shares a joint with Ice-T, so that's something.

Not all films grow up wanting to be direct-to-DVD, some just make unfortunate choices along the way.

I like the Girls albums, but frankly, the review makes this sound totally insufferable.

Great pugs mind.

Julia Slavin's story collection has a strong surrealist, absurd vibe so check that out if you haven't. It's also really funny.

All of Murakami's stories come down to the basic idea of what a cat might be thinking about while you are busy making noodles.

It's great, but their best is Superconnected. That song captures so much of what made them one of my favorite bands a few years back.

I thought the same thing. And in the scope of bad Statham movies, this one isn't that bad. There are a few sequences which are handled in a unique way, specifically one where he establishes spatial action through the use of car mirrors during a shoot-out.

You're referring to your planned gritty reboot of Heartbeeps?

Obviously, the same shit would inexplicably happen to him, over and over again.