The Case of the Missing Movie

31 Aug 2006

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So I have a chance to review the new Mike Judge film Idiocracy, opening September 1st in New York and Los Angeles ... if only I can fucking find it. I've scoured the Web for information, including the movie ticketing sites, including the 20th Century Fox site, and gotten a big fat NOTHIN'. It seems to have simply vanished, before it even existed. I would like to put an ad on the back of a milk carton:

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOVIE?

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William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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