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Blockbusting: Comments on the Summer Movies - Part 1

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12:42 pm

Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008

by Bill Gibron

We're taking a few days off here at Short Ends and Leader. In the meantime, please enjoy some of our more provocative posts. Today, we will look at Part One of our feature length commentaries on some of Summer 2008's biggest hits - and misses.

Part 1:
The Meaning of $100 Million
WOW-chowski
Vexed in the City
Mess Hysteria: The Happening vs. The Signal
Dear Marvel Comics
Hin-Don’t
Wanted: The Fight Matrix Club
Indiana Jones and the Search for a Better Script
Robot Holocaust

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