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Couples Retreat Somehow Gets Worse

Couples Retreat, this fall's most thinly veiled paid vacation for Vince Vaughan and his friends, was already obviously terrible. We all know that. No one is wondering whether or not Couples Retreat, a nominal "comedy" in which three unhappy...  CONTINUE READING COUPLES RETREAT SOMEHOW GETS WORSE»

Posted on November 16, 2009 in , (55 comments)
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Shame On You America!

I've been avoiding this news all day in some kind of denial-based anger-fog, but Couples Retreat was/is the #1 movie in America? Well played, Paul Blart: Tropical Resort Cop. These colors run to terrible movies in droves, apparently....  CONTINUE READING SHAME ON YOU AMERICA!»

Posted on October 12, 2009 in (13 comments)
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I Need A Vacation After Watching This Couples Retreat Trailer

Couples Retreat trailer, you guys: Get it? They're all miserable people with tiny, wretched lives! In the sun! Boy, I sure wish I was in a dead-end loveless marriage, spending my days cheating on my spouse and using subtle insults...  CONTINUE READING I NEED A VACATION AFTER WATCHING THIS COUPLES RETREAT TRAILER»

Posted on July 1, 2009 in (29 comments)
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The Videogum Movie Club: I Love You, Man

This weekend's Videogum Movie Club selection, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel's I Love You, Man, came in second at the box office to Nicolas Cage's Knowing (though it still did pretty well.) How is Hollywood supposed to take America seriously...  CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB: I LOVE YOU, MAN»

Posted on March 23, 2009 in (42 comments)
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Duh Aficionado Magazine: Not Everyone Is On Twitter

Man, everyone is on Twitter these days, right? Every single person. Diddy is on Twitter. Sash Grey is on Twitter. Lindsay is on Twitter. It only follows that there is no one who is not on Twitter. It's called Logic,...  CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: NOT EVERYONE IS ON TWITTER»

Posted on March 17, 2009 in , (8 comments)
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Paul Rudd Throws Up, Remains (Almost) Perfect While Doing So

Two new red band clips from the upcoming Paul Rudd/Jason Segel OMG bromance I Love You, Man were released yesterday, and one of them, a scene in which Paul Rudd and Jon Favreau have a beer-drinking contest, is the first...  CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD THROWS UP, REMAINS (ALMOST) PERFECT WHILE DOING SO»

Posted on February 27, 2009 in (6 comments)
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