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Dickies - Killer Klowns (1988)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
P.T. Barnum said it so long ago
There's one born every minute
Don't you know? (Killer Klowns)
Some make us laugh, some make us cry
These Klowns, honey, gonna make you die
[Chorus]
Everybody's running
When the circus comes into their towns
Everybody's gunning
For the likes of the Killer Klowns from outer space
Killer Klowns from outer space
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Yeah, that was the theme song from a B-grade movie of the same name.
But it is a fun, though not substantial, movie. One that you do not need to ~experience~ on an iMax screen ...
Jus' sayin'
@#15 ... I haven't experienced that. ...
You're lucky.
you have to start publicly shaming talkers/texters.
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... i wanted to post in here about something i think is really important for creating a better movie experience, but also a better world around us.
i hear a lot of complaints about loud talking, texting, and browsing phones in the theater, ...
@#6 ... British press deserve as little oxygen as possible. ...
Why?
BBC -- Bias and Credibility
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... Overall, we rate the BBC Left-Center biased based on story selection that slightly favors the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information. Although they have failed a fact-check, they appropriately issued a correction. ...
Fox News (foxnews.com) -- Bias and Credibility
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... Overall, we rate Fox News right-biased based on editorial positions that align with the right and Questionable due to the promotion of state propaganda, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, the use of poor sources, and numerous false claims and failed fact checks. While straight news reporting from beat reporters is generally fact-based and accurate, it is typically overshadowed by propagandistic opinions, which earns them a Low factual rating. ...
@#6 ... Most US movies are mostly garbage now, ...
I dunno about the "garbage" aspect, as I am not a big movie fan.
But then there's this ...
The box office is bleak. Here's how local theaters are surviving the downturn (March 2025)
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... As the year started, movie theater owner Damon Rubio was feeling optimistic.
His six-location theater chain's revenue projections for January and February were tracking ahead of 2024's weak theatrical grosses. Rubio himself was looking forward to films like Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey 17" and Paramount Pictures' comedic Jack Quaid thriller "Novocaine."
But by the end of February, "things kind of dropped out on us," said Rubio, owner and president of D'Place Entertainment, which operates theaters in California cities including in Barstow, Cathedral City and Bonsall. His chain's revenue is still ahead of last year but only "marginally."
"I wouldn't call it apocalyptic, but I would call it abysmal, so I guess it's a step up," he said with a laugh.
Rubio is luckier than many.
Ahead of this week's CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas, where Hollywood studios present footage of their upcoming films to hype theater owners up for the year ahead, the industry is grappling with a brutal start to the year at the box office. ...
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