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Favorite Movies: The Incredibles, Fight Club, Rushmore, True Romance, The Fountain, anything Kubrick, read more Hitchcock or Scorsese, The Big Lebowski, Seven Samurai, Say Anything, Anchorman, The Searchers, Hard Boiled, In The Mood For Love, La Dolce Vita, really really bad movies

Likes: Movies, drums, Monica Bellucci, Guinness, Pink Floyd, Calvin and Hobbes, getting read more hurt at concerts, sushi, Batman, Miles Davis, 1980's John Cusack, South Park, emulating Jack Tripper from Three's Company, providing more cowbell to Bruce Dickinson

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Awfully Good: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Jason Before Kirk & Co. ventured INTO DARKNESS, they took a short trip into badness in… Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Director: William Shatner Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley The crew of the Starship Enterprise goes...
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Awfully Good: Critters 3

Jason Everyone has to start somewhere and before THE GREAT GATSBY and before TITANIC, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s first movie was… Critters 3 (1991) Director: Kristine Peterson Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Aimee Brooks, Frances Bay A family moves in to a new apartment...
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Awfully Good: Steel

Jason Before there was Iron Man, there was… Steel (1997) Director: Kenneth Johnson Stars: Shaquille O’Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson When a brilliant weapons designer learns that his tools of mass destruction have fallen in to the wrong hands—those of...
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Awfully Good: Bad Boys II

Jason If I wanted to feature an actual “bad” Michael Bay movie in anticipation of PAIN AND GAIN, I suppose I could’ve done PEARL HARBOR. But I never want to watch PEARL HARBOR again. I do want to watch BAD...
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Awfully Good: 2001: A Space Travesty

Jason I keep hearing everyone say that SCARY MOVIE 5 is the worst spoof movie ever made. Clearly they’ve never seen… 2001: A Space Travesty (2000) Director: Allan A. Goldstein Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Ophélie Winter, Peter Egan Aliens have replaced...
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Awfully Good: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Jason The recent passing of Roger Ebert marks the end of an era in modern American cinema. But the late film critic didn’t just watch movies; he has one official Hollwood writing credit on his resume as well. That movie...
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Awfully Good: RocketMan

Jason RocketMan (1997) Director: Stuart Gillard Stars: Harland Williams, Beau Bridges, William Sadler NASA sends the right man to prove there’s no intelligent life on Mars. If this column has taught us anything, it’s that every movie, no matter how...
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Awfully Good: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Jason In case you were considering watching the first G.I. JOE movie before RETALIATION… G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Director: Stephen Sommers Stars: Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt A really weird mix of soldiers are the only...
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Awfully Good: From Justin to Kelly

Jason Never in the history of this column have I wanted to watch a movie less, but so many of you sick bastards have written in and requested that I expose myself to this. And with SPRING BREAKERS about to...
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