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Grantuspeace

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19. Hollywood doesn't have a clue.

Reply to Taverner (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 12:00 AM

Jan 2012

Last year was a bad year at the box office. We have re-makes (Dirty Dancing) and comic book themes. With Superman and Spiderman already played out we are down to Green Hornet (or Lantern?). It is almost like they have run out of ideas, so they keep making Sandler films.

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