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No Kid Friendly Fix

January 22nd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
Screenplay by George Miller & Judy Morris & Mark Lamprell, based on characters by Dick King-Smith
Directed by George Miller
Produced by Kennedy-Miller Productions
Running time: 96 minutes

Synopsis
Victorious at the National Sheepdog Championship, Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) and Babe the Gallant Pig (voiced by Elizabeth Daily) receive a parade on their way back [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Cult favorite · No opening credits · Road trip · Sequel

Return To Oz (1985)

November 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Synopsis
Dorothy Gale (Fairuza Balk) lies in bed unable to sleep. Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) confides to Uncle Henry (Matt Clark) that it’s been six months since the tornado, and all the girl does is talk about some place that doesn’t exist. On their farm in turn of the century Kansas, Dorothy finds a key [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Based on book · Beasts and monsters · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · No opening credits · Psychoanalysis · Sequel

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

December 20th, 2007 · 5 Comments

 
Synopsis
Making his way across a post-apocalyptic desert, the nomad Max (Mel Gibson) is attacked by a small airplane and has his camel caravan stolen. Max follows the tracks to Bartertown, a sleazy trading post attempting to preserve some form of civilization amid the [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Cult favorite · Famous line · Sequel · Train

Bad Boys II (2003)

July 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

In the 5th season of South Park, Kyle exclaims, “Job has all his children killed, and Michael Bay gets to keep making movies. There isn’t a God.” In the fifth of six articles, I determine the existence of God by revisiting the films of director and alleged anti-Christ Michael Bay.

$150 million of ecstasy manufactured in [...]

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Tags: Gangsters and hoodlums · Sequel · Shootout