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Do you got to the movies? Jim the Poet reviews the best and worst movies of the week in theaters and takes your calls!

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Who is your favorite animal in a movie?



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Jim the Poet discusses  'The Enampments'   Favoriting   Directed by Michael T. Workman Kei Pritsker Produced by Michael T. Workman Kei Pritsker Munir Atalla Matthew Belen Cinematography Craig Birchfield Michael T. Workman Kei Pritsker Edited by Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi Michael T. Workman 
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Jim the Poet and Micah discuss  'Rapture'   Favoriting   Directed by Michael Tolkin Written by Michael Tolkin Produced by Karen Koch Nancy Tenenbaum Nick Wechsler Starring Mimi Rogers David Duchovny Patrick Bauchau Will Patton 
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Listener comments!

  6:03pm
Tom from Stirling:

Well?
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:03
That's what I was thinking
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Sean T-Rex:

Was waiting for Mr. Poet & Shifty Dan
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
FoolishBandit:

We have Movie Sign!!
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Count d'Al Dente:

No, just a drainage hole.
  6:05pm
sinkhole near my home:

Animal movies are fun. Especially when they talk.
  6:06pm
Listener Robert:

Aw, I paid attention to Bad Animals mostly for the Poet's cartoons.
Avatar 6:06pm
slugluv1313:

Jones in Alien 🐈😻
  6:06pm
GorillaFella:

How about Bonzo from Bedtime for Bonzo?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
tom tom the pipers son:

balthassar the donkey….
  6:06pm
Tom from Stirling:

Is Cory Booker still talking?
He should call.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
diciassette:

↳ slugluv1313 @6:06
Yes!
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
zachary:

Oh man. Jim. It's hard G GIF. Like gift.
  6:07pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ slugluv1313 @6:06
He's good but actually doesn't do much.
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zachary:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:06
Yes he is, Tom: www.c-span.org...
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
Sean T-Rex:

"The Beast"
from the Sandlot.
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diciassette:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:07
except survive
Avatar 6:09pm
slugluv1313:

the Hummingbirds in "Every Little Thing"

(i know that there are many many more, but these are the first who came to mind!)
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
C!:

There’s females that listen too silly
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zachary:

↳ zachary @6:07
Jif is soft G. It's not the peanut butter.

I am in the hard G camp. Has to do with the vowel, I believe.

It's quite the controversy: en.wikipedia.org...
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
Sean T-Rex:

Yea, he's still talking. He has said that the Buffalo Bills are the only team in New York. There you have it!
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erik:

it's a cliff-hanger now... when will he fall down, can he beat Glen Jones?
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HyperDose:

DUNSTON CHECKS IN 🛎️🐒🧳
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:10pm
Sean T-Rex:

Sandlot:
Hercules, an English Mastiff
Facts.
Avatar 6:10pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:07
hi Tom!
OF COURSE! he is a cat -- his mere presence outshines any human! 😸😸
  6:11pm
Mia:

The Sandlot dog is a monster!
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ erik @6:10
I just wanna see him piss his pants.
  6:11pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

I hope somebody gonna mention BEETHOVEN 🐶
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dale:

does the sasquatch in harry and the hendersons count?
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diciassette:

↳ zachary @6:09
The "I" would tend to make it a soft G (as "I"s and "E"s generally do)
  6:12pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ slugluv1313 @6:10
But he got Brett killed.
  6:12pm
Mia:

I can’t believe you haven’t seen that movie, Jim🤭
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Sean T-Rex:

And Earl Jones Jr. is the owner!
Can't beat that.
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common:

hello, jim. everyone
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red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

Eddie from Frasier
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Deano de los Muertos:

Time to see the Sandlot, Jim.
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:12
Without question.
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tom tom the pipers son:

anybody seen au hasard balthassar ?
  6:13pm
GorillaFella:

↳ dale @6:11
I just thrifted this on DVD a few days ago based on the cover alone! Looks insane
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HyperDose:

and a lot of those dogs played narcs, maaan
  6:13pm
Mia:

Yes, he is drooly and disgusting!
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Sean T-Rex:

There are dog actors. Their job is acting.
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Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:13
I hate baseball and I love it
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Count d'Al Dente:

I'll go with the mosquitoes in the NW woods of Rambo, First Blood.
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @6:13
It's very Americano.
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dale:

↳ GorillaFella @6:13
i think i saw it but a long time ago. fun and non-offensive.
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red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

JUSTICE FOR EDDIE
  6:14pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @6:12
not a movie
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common:

jonesey from alien
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zachary:

↳ diciassette @6:11
Ha! I am probably wrong.

But I always think about gill, gift, gig, git, etc.

And then there is gin.

I am firmly in the hard G camp, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
tom tom the pipers son:

there’s josephine the monkey who stars in buster keaton’s the camneraman
  6:15pm
GorillaFella:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:14
Just for that I'm commenting Mr Ed!!
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red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:14
The entirety of Frasier would make a really, really long movie 💯
  6:15pm
GorillaFella:

↳ common @6:14
Great answer!
  6:15pm
Mia:

Does Happy Feet count?
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dale:

francis the talking mule was always a hoot!
  6:15pm
patjoe21:

Clyde! The orangutan from “Any which way but loose.”
  6:16pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ GorillaFella @6:15
Haha! Go for it!
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diciassette:

Asta! (my official vote, Jones is gonna win)
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
Sean T-Rex:

I saw Free Willy in the theaters back in the day.
  6:16pm
rich:

Astor from the Thin Man Movie franchise
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zachary:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:16
I remember that movie.
  6:16pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @6:15
Probably not.
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ zachary @6:16
You remember that Michael Jackson video I hope
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C!:

Wile Y coyote tnt beep beep
  6:17pm
Mia:

How about Dumbo?
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red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:16
That would be a..... 92 hour movie, sir 🫡
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dale:

babe has to be up there on the list. arnold ziffel is disqualified as there was never a green acres movie.
  6:18pm
fleezle:

Hundreds of Beavers - ! https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hundreds_of_beavers
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ dale @6:18
What's awesome about Babe is that it has real animals and puppets. I love that movie
  6:19pm
GorillaFella:

Not to make everyone sad but the dog from I Am Legend deserves a shoutout imo 😢🫡
  6:19pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:18
Yeah, Babe should get votes for best animal.
  6:20pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ GorillaFella @6:19
Good call.
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zachary:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:17
No! Was it for the movie?
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Sean T-Rex:

I think Toto needs an OG shoutout
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slugluv1313:

YES! BABE!
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:22pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ zachary @6:21
Oh yea. It's the main song.
www.youtube.com...
Avatar 6:22pm
David Shortell:

I expect decent movies to last only one week in my local multiplexes.
E.g., I saw "The Assessment" open last week. It's gone now.
  6:23pm
GorillaFella:

Bedtime for Bonzo mentioned! Yessirrr
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slugluv1313:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:21
"and Toto too!" 💖💖
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zachary:

Here's Archive.org's copy of The Cameraman movie with Buster Keaton: archive.org...
  6:24pm
chresti:

Francis the mule
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zachary:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:22
My mind will be blown.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ zachary @6:24
👍🏻
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
Sean T-Rex:

I just remembered like an real ultimate animal movie:

Ace Ventura!
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
zachary:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:22
I remember the song (at least components of it). Too slow for my taste, which is why I probably did not recall it. Ha!

Thanks for the memory.
  6:25pm
Listener Robert:

Sounded like the caller said Dave the Dolphin.
  6:25pm
Rhianna:

Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service (Studio Ghibli). He’s just a cute little black cat and I love him! But I also have a 2 year old and have to admit the Paw Patrol Mighty Pups movie was pretty good lol
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C!:

um animal?? Mammal ? Movie- brain over loaf load
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common:

day of the dolphin is so strange and great
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ Rhianna @6:25
True. Jiji is one of my favs.
  6:26pm
Sufferwords:

John C Lilley- dolphin/mkultra research- Day of the Dolphin
  6:26pm
goes211:

Dave of the Condor
  6:27pm
GorillaFella:

@Rhianna I was thinking about Jiji as well! Great movie animal :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

Flipper is badass 🐬
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Delphine Blue providing the soundtrack?
  6:27pm
Sufferwords:

Asta!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

Is nobody gonna mention my boy BEETHOVEN the dog 🐶
Avatar 6:30pm
slugluv1313:

the cat who portrays Thomasina, in the Disney movie 🐈😻

(although, this was years before animal cruelty in films was really addressed -- so i shudder to think about how the cat may have been treated )
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
Sean T-Rex:

Willard is a sick animal movie.
And The Witches but the 1990 one with Anjelica Huston
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The recent movie about the octopus was quite endearing. 🐙
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
tom tom the pipers son:

kathy the dolphin who played flipper committed suicide in capitivity in 1968…

www.mirror.co.uk...
Avatar 6:32pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Rhianna @6:25
omg YES!
thinking of The Cat Returns too -- and Flow! 🐈🐈‍⬛
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
zachary:

I really enjoy the director, William Friedkin's, take on method actors:

www.youtube.com...
Avatar 6:32pm
David Shortell:

Dolphins are important in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", but I don't think they appear in any dramatization.
  6:32pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @6:31
My Octopus Friend? Wonderful
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:31
Any info on the kangaroo who played Skippy?
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:31
lol, fucking dark
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
diciassette:

↳ Sufferwords @6:27
The feller who played Asta has a pretty impressive filmography: en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

Occupy OG💥🫡✊
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
listener 126464:

Gotta go with Babe the pig.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
dale:

have we mentioned the rabbit in fatal attraction?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ David Shortell @6:32
so long and thanks for all the fishes 😜🐬✌️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @6:33
became jumpy...
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David Shortell:

↳ slugluv1313 @6:30
Apparently several cats played that part.
movies.disney.com...
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ listener 126464 @6:34
That will do!
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slugluv1313:

the penguins in March of the Penguins
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:33
yes, but…. lol…?
  6:36pm
Tom from Stirling:

Isn't this a movie show?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
DjLorraine:

When the older commercials had cats i was always upset when the meow wasn't the correct meow response for example: i love this food
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zachary:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:31
Damn. I had no idea. That is dark. Thank you for sharing.
Avatar 6:38pm
slugluv1313:

↳ David Shortell @6:34
yes, that's right!
(i remember reading about that some years ago)
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zachary:

↳ Tom from Stirling @6:36
Yes. It ebbs and flows. Freeform baby!
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NotARealDoctor:

No other land was absolutely devastating
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listener 126464:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:35
Need to see that one again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
dale:

had to look up - tuition at columbia is $71,000 plus expenses for an academic year. why does the federal government give them millions of dollars if only the rich can afford to go there?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ zachary @6:37
there’s a better investigation about it somewhere...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

an occupy wall street period piece for y'all

youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ dale @6:38
not everybody pays that tuition
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:40pm
zachary:

Movies are, perhaps, the most powerful form of propaganda.
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:40pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:35
I guess it isn't funny. It's crazy how human like the whole situation is I guess.
Avatar 6:40pm
slugluv1313:

↳ dale @6:34
ugh -- which is why i refused to watch that movie, ever since it was released
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:40
yes i understand….
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zachary:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:40
The absurdity makes it funny, no?
  6:41pm
garlic__lover:

What’s the third thumb?
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zachary:

↳ red_door_what_for in ypsilanti @6:39
Nice slideshow. Thank you for sharing.
  6:41pm
Tom from Stirling:

The bear from The Revenant what about that bear?
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
zachary:

↳ garlic__lover @6:41
Jim's nose.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

↳ zachary @6:41
Glad u like <3 the music is nostalgic too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
dale:

cocaine bear was a pretty good character. the bear in herzog's grizzly man was a poorly trained bear,
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ zachary @6:41
i honestly found it too disturbing
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Deano de los Muertos:

The dog from White Fang would’ve been my pick. Don’t feel like talking
  6:42pm
Tom from Stirling:

next caller
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common:

jonesey! good call!
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C!:

Shark-Jaws Dog- Cujo Cat-Mustafa
  Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
bearded wonder:

Cat from Alien for the win!
  6:43pm
Tom from Stirling:

Jones!!
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
zachary:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:42
And it is. But I have a dark sense of humor.

It's very tragic.
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dale:

we should talk about the bonus situation.
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ zachary @6:44
I do too.
I feel like you would see that in a Family Guy flashback
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red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

actually shocking man. ✊☮️🕊️
  6:46pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ dale @6:44
That's Aliens
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David Shortell:

↳ slugluv1313 @6:38
I wondered if Thomasina might have been played by Orangey, the tabby who won an award as "the no-name slob" in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
sofiabohdanowicz.com...
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C!:

27th st drama
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zachary:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:44
Ha! Yeah. I could see that.

Or explore it with the question, "If this is true, what else is true."

What would other animals or pets do?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
tom tom the pipers son:

family guy is piece of shit “entertainment"
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
Sean T-Rex:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:46
I agree but I'm just saying.
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tom tom the pipers son:

it’s darkness is totally gratutious
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

Thank you for doing the good work man ☮️
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Sean T-Rex @6:47
gotcha...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
DjLorraine:

We love the Poet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The Blob was an animal, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

Animal actors are so cute cuz they dont know theyre acting ahahaha theyre just vibing

(but only when theyre treated well of course, Justice and mercy to animals in captivity ☮️🙏🕊️)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Ben, but which one? 🐀
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
DjLorraine:

Mr Jingles? The Green Mile
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common:

i love the rapture. so dark and relatable
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zachary:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @6:46
Hear, hear.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
dale:

didn't duchovny have a real sex addiction issue? not like any of us don't, but he was married to tea leoni fer pete sake.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Topic, if not discussed already: worst sequel.
Avatar 6:59pm
David Shortell:

Olivia the Westie (like my avatar):
thewrap.com...
  🩲 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Sean T-Rex:

Thanks Jim & all!
Avatar 🩲 Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
zachary:

We need to make the Micah Movie Guide.

Reflections of Evil, 2002

Julie, who died of a PCP overdose as a teen in the early 70s, searches from beyond the ethers for her little brother, Bob, an obese watch-seller, who is dying of sucrose intolerance, in the early 90s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

pushmepullyou
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zachary:

Thanks Jim, callers, thumbers, and everyone!
Avatar 7:01pm
slugluv1313:

thank you, Jim!
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