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His take was scarily similar to mine, as was Ignatiy's of Rules Don't Apply.

11/22/16 MOVIE TRIVIA RECAP

That one from the True Detective opening credits

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Ehhh… what's up, Doc?!!!!!!!

Also in birthdays: Happy Answer-to-Life-the-Universe-and-Everythingth, the current namesake of my trivia team - Chloë Sevigny!

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SUPER CHUNK ANSWERS
1. The Mummy Returns (We got this.)
2. The Rundown (We guessed Walking Tall.)
3. Planet 51 (We guessed Big Hero 6.)
4. 3 - Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7 (We got this.)

1. The Mummy Returns, to be precise
2. It's one of those disposable action movies that might actually be good.
3. Wow.
4. Of course

11/15/16 MOVIE TRIVIA RECAP
Round 1: General Knowledge – The answer to the first question every week is almost always one of the weekend’s new releases. There is often a follow-up about the director or the stars. As I suspected, this week the follow-up had something to do with which Harry Potter films were directed by F

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Sounds like someone hasn't seen Ouija: Origin of Evil.

I get that and I kind of agree. The way the camera introduces him in his first scene very much feels like it's saying "Here comes Mr. Protagonist" in cinematic language. The movie probably would have been fine with fewer scenes of him, but I think it benefited from having an ally that the Lovings were a little

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Hmm, I did not get that sense at all. Maybe he was a little snarky, but smug? "Sincere" is the word that springs to mind for me.
I will grant you that the film's tone did shift noticeably when he appeared, but in an awkward way that I would argue was a feature, not a bug. It underscored Cohen's inexperience with big

"Leap Day" leaps to mind.

Agree about everything except Nick Kroll. He's my pick for Best Surprisingly Perfect Casting of 2016.