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A lady on CNBC just said that revenue growth was the "underpinnance" of something or other. I couldn't help but think of our friend Trevor.
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 02:27:03 PM
54.) Ed Wood
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 02:10:26 PM
53. CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (1974)
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 12:44:26 PM
52) Emmanuelle
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 12:25:23 PM
51) Milo And Otis (1989)
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 11:58:06 AM
50. PAUL BLART: MALL COP (2009)
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 10:49:15 AM
CONEY ISLAND (1917):
Two years after the essentially similar FATTY & MABEL/SAN DIEGO EXHIBITION short, w/d/s Roscoe Arbuckle has clearly figured out some new tricks. The plot is again meaningless and merely an excuse to visit a scenic location and clown around/chase girls/get in trouble, but the clowning and the trouble are far more inventive and interesting, at least in the second half or so when things have finally developed a full head of steam. Arbuckle and Buster Keaton individually and jointly pursue, hook up with, and then lose a couple dames, and in the process wreak a lot of havoc involving stunts of impressive agility. The "impressive agility" is especially true on Roscoe's part, as he is, inescapably, a big dude and yet does backflips and pratfalls and nimble dances. So does Buster, but Buster is a skinny guy - yet (as with most other Arbuckle/Keaton movies) the Letterboxd reviews are almost unanimously biased towards "Buster is a genius and Fatty is a talentless idiot". I dunno - I'm not as rotund as Roscoe and I sure can't do the moves he does, and even if you're as physically fit as Buster, I bet you can't do Roscoe's moves, either.

More to that point, CONEY ISLAND culminates in a jail cell with Roscoe whackin' one cop (over the head) after another - until the cell is full of a literal pile of unconscious (or dead) cop bodies. Keaton made his own short COPS five years later and it too is pretty impressive - but it doesn't treat the viewer to a four-to-five foot high pile of cop bodies. Advantage: Arbuckle.    3.5/5
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Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with a NAME in ...
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 10:27:48 AM
49.) Bride of Chucky
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Entertainment / Re: Mixtape: 1979
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 10:16:02 AM
LOL, the single. Trying to be reasonable here.
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Entertainment / Re: Mixtape: 1979
Last post by claws - Today at 09:47:02 AM
Cool list!

The big question is...

Quote from: M.10rda on Today at 09:06:32 AMRAPPER'S DELIGHT    Sugarhill Gang

is it the single edit, or the 15 Minute 12" Version?