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    miss_msry: Mr. Busby Berkeley, we're ready for your closeup. more »
    Magister: Now that I've read the article... one industry that might want to pay attention is the restaurant. The other night, the wife and I went to a show and... more »
    AzureTexan: The real answer, I think, is simpler: Collective misery is inversely proportional to the demand for quality entertainment. People are broke and desper... more »
    Old Ocho: Numbers 3 (Up), 4 (Hangover) and 6 (Star Trek) of the 2009 Box Office Top 20 were all very good. Still, that pales in comparison to 2008, when the num... more »
    unclevanya: Watching TV hasn't been free for years. At least not for people who left the caves. more »
    Magister: For a lot of people, it was either a trip to Disney World or a trip into Disney's world. more »
    PaisleyPajamas: *raises hand sheepishly* What about The Blind Side? It's kicking butt at the box office, has superb direction by John Lee Hancock and is such a book... more »
    Steverino Begins: Hmm, your sight unseen Avatar review furthers my suspicion that these up/down awards lists are made by people who haven't even seen these movies. more »
    Xylo: I wish "Moon" was more of a contender. Sam Rockwell was fantastic in that film; great, basic, man-v-machine sci-fi. more »
    eatsshootsleaves: Granted, I've only seen four of the movies on this list, but A Serious Man was by far the best. I thought it was better crafted than even No Country f... more »
    Old Ocho: WALL-E would have been a shoe-in had they did this 10 nominees thing last year. As it stands now, I'm really hoping that The Hangover pulls out a nod.... more »
    fatmonalisa: Really surprised "500 Days of Summer" isn't being hailed more. That movie was this year's Juno. Also, "Precious" is this year's "Slumdog Millionaire"... more »
    markscottmusic: You want a sad work story? I got food poisoning from some nasty candy roasted peanuts I bought on like 5th Avenue and 56th one night last week. Then ... more »
    God: Kids, it's simple. It's plain old fucking boring to empathize with the poor. They wear ugly clothes, they eat ugly food, they're either too fat or too... more »
    oyboy: I saw the movie and liked it a lot and was moved by it. One of its great accomplishments was presenting deeply sympathetic portraits of not only peopl... more »
  • #theworkingman

    The Shittiest Jobs in Reality Television

    Bravo announced today that their high end real estate agent show Million Dollar Listing returns October. This is genius! While we hated watching these fools make bank for doing nothing, we are going to love watching them squirm for pennies. More »
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    Defamer Mysteries: Who or What Is 'The BU'? [Defamer]