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Friday the 13th Fest: Part IV: The "Final" Chapter

March 6, 2009

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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter The creators of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter marketed their film by suggesting that this would be the last opportunity to experience ultimate terror at the hands of Jason Voorhees, everybody’s favorite hockey mask-wearing, forest-dwelling, deformed face-having, mass murdering loner. They lied. But, I will keep my promise. [...]

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Friday the 13th Fest: Part III: A New Dimension in Suckiness

February 28, 2009

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Friday the 13th: Part III The creators of Friday the 13th: Part III believed so strongly in their heaping pile of suckiness that they even added a third dimension of suckiness: depth. Woooo. Yes, Friday the 13th: Part III was released to audiences in glorious early 1980′s 3-D. “You too can be stabbed in the [...]

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Friday the 13th Fest: Part II

February 24, 2009

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Friday the 13th: Part II After enjoying the not entirely terrible original Friday the 13th, I was actually looking forward to seeing the first of 11 sequels, if only to get one step closer to finding out how the darn hockey mask is worked into the series. I was once again let down. No hockey [...]

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OscarFest 2009 Comments

February 23, 2009

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Here is the full list of comments left by OscarFest 2009 participants during voting. This marks the first year that I have not had to edit the comments to make them family or work appropriate. That was sort of a let down. There was also a statistically significant reduction in the number of insults directly [...]

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OscarFest 2009 Champions!

February 23, 2009

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The Champions: Jen, Bobby, and Eric OscarFest 2009 is accomplished. Congratulations to first-time Champions, Bobby Crane and Eric Doty, and our first repeat Champion, Jen Celusta (Coffey), who voted correctly on 20 out of 24 categories. Amazing! Click HERE to see how you stacked up against the Champions. Hollywood couldn’t script a more dramatic ending [...]

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Friday the 13th Fest Begins

February 21, 2009

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For reasons that may never be explained, I decided to finally watch the Friday the 13th series that has spawned more than 11 sequels since 1980. This endeavor is a colossal waste of time, and there is a good chance that I won’t make it passed the fourth or fifth sequel, but I’m just way [...]

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The Curious Case of OscarFest 2009

January 28, 2009

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OSCARFEST 2009 Nearly a year has passed since Mark Tong stole the OscarFest 2008 crown in most dramatic fashion. This year, the stakes are higher than ever, and it will take all of your movie wits to become Champion. Are you up to the challenge? OscarFest 2009 marks a departure from prevoius years, in which [...]

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OscarFest 2009 Official One Sheet

January 24, 2009

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Favorite lopped off hands

October 9, 2008

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A recent discussion about lopped off hands has inspired me to explore some of my favorite lopped off hands in American film history. Feel free to suggest some of your own favorite lopped off movie hands. It’s fun. 1. Evil Dead 2 hand 2. The Adams Family hand 3. The Empire Strikes Back hand 4. [...]

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The 2007-2008 Oscar Pick’em: Reflections

February 25, 2008

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Gianna and Adilene Barbieri (112/113th place) Those of you too lazy, busy, or not Internet-savvy enough to participate in this year’s Oscar Pick’em should consider that my 1 year-old cousins managed to find time during their hectic schedule to vote. Plan accordingly for next year. I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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