# Not Coming To A Theater Near You

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742 "2009-11-07T23:23:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/481 "2010-02-23T15:16:00Z")

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Car Wars:  
Luke Skywalker and Beau Solo must rescue Princess Daisy from the evil Sherriff Vader.

Car Trek:  
Boldly driving where no ones driven before.

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**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/482 "2010-02-23T15:28:24Z")

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**Ownfall**. Hitler amuses himself by creating a movie parody.

**The Sound of Muesli**. Julie Andrews pours some milk on her healthy breakfast cereal, and listens very carefully.

**Jurassic Par**. Some dinosaurs play golf quite well.

**The Term In A Tor**. A robot has to spend one semester at a school built on the site of an ancient hill.

**Loves Tory**. A romantic biopic about David Cameron battlng cancer.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/483 "2010-02-23T16:52:16Z")

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_Flan’s Labyrinth_ - A surreal exploration of the wonders of Spanish custard.

_A Simple Planet_ - Brothers are driven to murder by the prospect of pillaging a rich world.

_The Queens_ - Elizabeth II finds that San Francisco’s nightlife is not at all to her liking.

_A Very Short Engagement_ - Britney Spears dazzles in her dramatic breakthrough role as a woman who marries a French soldier on a whim one weekend during World War I, divorcing him by Monday afternoon.

_The Black and Tan Cauldron_ - British paramilitary goons seize a magical pot.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/484 "2010-02-23T17:21:37Z")

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Forgetting Sarah Palin – A Joe Six Pack plumber, exhausted by overexposure in the media, takes a vacation in Hawaii with unexpected and hilarious results.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/485 "2010-02-23T17:31:35Z")

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**The Bridget Jones Dairy**

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/486 "2010-02-23T23:11:34Z")

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**The Man Who Would Be The King:** A British Soldier in India becomes an Elvispersonator

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/487 "2010-02-23T23:13:27Z")

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**Last of the Moe Hiccups:** Three Stooges. Title says it all.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/488 "2010-02-23T23:16:59Z")

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**Dances With Wolf Blitzer:** A television reporter goes off to live with the Indians.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/489 "2010-02-24T02:21:26Z")

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**The Boys in the Band from Brazil** : A plot to create clones of Hitler reveals a trait of the Fuhrer previously unknown.

**WALL-EYE** : A species of freshwater fish is one of the few lifeforms left on a despoiled future Earth.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/490 "2010-02-24T02:23:18Z")

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**Zombieland Before Time** - if there’s one thing scarier than dinosaurs chasing you, it’s _dead_ dinosaurs chasing you.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/491 "2010-02-24T02:48:24Z")

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_Hate, Actually_ - An all-white English ensemble cast appears in this heartwarming comedy about the National Front.

_The Parolee of Azkaban_ - The Ministry of Magic is forced to release Sirius Black due to budget cuts.  
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Galaxy Queef\* - Howard Stern stars in this grossout sf parody.

_The Search for Spork_ - Admiral James T. Kirk, growing ever larger, demands a hybrid utensil in order to eat more quickly.

_Absence of Alice_ - A defamation lawsuit paralyzes Wonderland.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/492 "2010-02-24T03:42:05Z")

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**Did you Hear About the Morgan Freemans?** - while in the process of a very nasty divorce Morgan Freeman and his wife witness a mafia hit and have to go into hiding. It’s a road comedy as they have to move around constantly since everybody in the world knows Morgan Freeman; even when latex is applied to make him look like an elderly Mexican woman they still know it’s him as soon as he speaks.

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/493 "2010-02-25T18:54:21Z")

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**F** ragon, **G** ragon, **H** ragon: The next three warmed-over rehashed **D** ragon stories involving **E** ragon

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/494 "2010-02-25T19:52:29Z")

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> [@ministryman](#):
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> **F** ragon, **G** ragon, **H** ragon: The next three warmed-over rehashed **D** ragon stories involving **E** ragon

**I** ragon:  
I figure at the current rate my IRA will be gone in a year.

“The flagon with the dragon contains the pestle with the poison. The chalice in the palace contains the brew that is true.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/495 "2010-02-25T20:07:29Z")

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**Thyme Bandits:** A bunch of dwarves attempt to steal God’s spice rack.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/496 "2010-03-01T20:21:37Z")

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**Mystic Liver:** A detective solves crimes by studying the entrails of animals.

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/497 "2010-03-02T01:38:34Z")

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The Sound of Mucus:  
The Von Drippe family avoid the Nazis by pretending to have colds.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/498 "2010-03-02T18:08:38Z")

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\*\*The English Patent: \*\* In WWII, an archeologist is inspired to patent a better burn creme.

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/499 "2010-03-02T19:11:14Z")

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**Clear and Present Dangerous Minds:** A group of underacheiving gang members are recruited by the government to kill the very drug lords they buy their product from.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/500 "2010-03-02T21:32:40Z")

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_The Hunt for Pink October_ - A Soviet sub crew has a fabulous weekend shore leave in San Francisco.

_Unclear and Absent Danger_ - Jack Ryan can’t figure out what to do in response to a vague threat to world peace, so he goes on a whiskey bender.

_Red Hannah Storm Rising_ - A beautiful sportscaster and secret Commie strives to overthrow the U.S. government.

_The Mynah Bird of the Kremlin_ - An annoying talking bird is kept out of Poliburo meetings by order of the Soviet premier, and thus proves useless as an intelligence-gathering tool.

_The Sun of All Fears_ - Even Jack Ryan can’t save America from a supernova.

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