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Posts by Max Arambulo

Guys Doing Work Movie Review: Brooklyn's Finest

By Max Arambulo Mar 08, 2010 2:22 am

Wait. Wesley's back? And in a big budget crime movie? How could that not be good, right? I mean, I've been waiting since Blade 2 which has been, what ten years. This whole week, I've been ...

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Guys Doing Work Movie Review: The Crazies

By Max Arambulo Mar 01, 2010 2:14 am

The Crazies works and it works really well. Part of the reason is the intense pressure subjected to a simple mid-western town and its residents (for a clue to the tone, check the opening song, "Hello ...

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Hook-Up Culture Sort of Sucks?

By Max Arambulo Feb 27, 2010 2:23 pm

So apparently young people are more and more skipping regular relationships of the boyfriend/girlfriend ilk, the going-steady thing, and just keeping it more casual. I'm under the assumption that I, ...

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Guys Doing Work Movie Review: Defendor

By Max Arambulo Feb 22, 2010 1:42 am

I'm excited about this summer's Kick-Ass which I think is the first big movie to explore the superhero-in-the-real-world theme. Starring are not only McLovin and Nic Cage, but some girl who plays a 12 ...

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Gladwell On Drinking

By Max Arambulo Feb 17, 2010 11:47 pm

Gladwell writes on drinking in the new New Yorker. Basically, the guy says that the way we act when we drink is primarily determined socially. Not everyone gets rowdy like us young men on a Friday ...

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Guys Not Doing Work: Valentine's Day

By Max Arambulo Feb 15, 2010 1:08 am

What do you get for 3.99 (or whatever it costs) when you buy People: glossy candids of baseball-capped and flannelled celebrities arm-in-arm. Hardly any variance in theme. What keeps people coming ...

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The Patron Saint Of The Dashing Fellows Is...

By Max Arambulo Feb 09, 2010 5:20 pm

... Paul Rudd. I sort of knew it in my heart. Mostly from the types of roles he takes, guys who are both healthily hard (NH) and healthily soft. Check out David from the 40-Year-Old-Virgin who's ...

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Guys Doing Work Movie Review: The Book Of Eli

By Max Arambulo Feb 08, 2010 10:15 am

In one of the first scenes in The Book of Eli, Eli (Denzel) sits back in an abandoned house, throws on his iPod headphones, and presses play. The song: "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart" by Al Green ...

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Guys Doing Work Movie Review: Edge Of Darkness

By Max Arambulo Feb 01, 2010 10:53 am

Me, Colin, and Diego chose Edge of Darkness over The Book of Eli. Colin, I think, wanted something pretty breezy that might provide some action laughs, Swayze versus Ben Gazzara style. I personally ...

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Paul Shirley Hates Haiti, Gets Fired

By Max Arambulo Jan 31, 2010 10:54 pm

The dude was popular for awhile because he blogged from the New York Knick bench. It was good stuff, regular-guy among million-dollar athletes. Obviously he's a smart guy. He blogged (not on ESPN.com) ...

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