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June 27, 2008

Robots and Angelina Jolie kind of go together, in a creepy way. Good thing this weekend is dedicated exclusively to them! Disney/Pixar is coming out with Wall-E, which appears to be a robotic version of E.T., except sort of in reverse, and with a weirder name. Why Wall-E? It's so overly reminiscent of both fish and lazy eyes. Turns out WALL-E is an aconym for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, which is also a terrible......

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December 7, 2007

This big movie news this weekend is The Golden Compass, the adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel of the same name. The first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass tells the tale of the "orphan" Lyra as she and her polar bear Iorek (voiced by Gandalf--er, Ian McKellen) embark on a journey to rescue Lyra's friend Roger from his kidnappers. We hear the movie's anti-religious themes have been played down (maybe thanks......

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