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That's why she (spoiler warning!) tries to make her eat raw meat (My mom, sister and I personally like our meat well-done, too!); she has a swimming contest with her daughter than gloats when Christina loses, then Christina says it's not fair so Joan spanks her and locks her up in a pool house.
A group of competitive high school girls and two incredibly dumb males attend a camp where the best group (including their mascot) can win tickets for the national cheer leading contest...or something.
This time in a boxing contest and the preparation before it.
I've seen this flick probably 6-8 times; Gaynor, Streisand and of course Garland; not a contest; Garland kicks butt!!; I love this story; but, it should have been done once; maybe with March and Garland if possible.
When an over-zealous Papa Owl throws his son out for insisting on singing jazz, Owl Jolson goes on to win a radio talent contest and, subsequently, the approval of his family.
I saw it recently amongst friends (we were having a contest as to who could rent the worst movie) and it felt really dated, even though it wasn't made THAT long ago.
On the cover of Scary Movie i got it had an Ape on it ,what was that all about.I watched the movie expecting to see King Kong was disappointed when there wasn't.I like the movie otherwise.Another comment is why do they keep bringing back some of the characters that was killed off in the first 1??This is just a question not a spoiler.I am a huge fan of Scary Movies as well as any other Spoof movies.Scary movie makes you want to laugh out loud and have a great time and even makes me come up with some good ideas for the next scary movie if i could hopefully someday there will be a contest for the best plan for next scary movie.if
Was there a contest going through all the Grade Schools of America to find the best story for acclaimed director Bret Ratner to bring to the silver screen?
Yes, there are some missing explanations and to put the contest in the middle seems a little odd But OK.
We used to have birthday parties for him every Jan. 29th (I won the child-insulting contest one year).
This involves a family winning a contest to live as guinea pigs in a futuristic house that is completely computer controlled.
Awards don't mean anything, especially the Oscars, which are nothing but a popularity contest.
The oscars are obscene, dirty, and no better than a beauty contest.
The story is structured exactly the same as "Jaws", with the first half revolving on the introduction of a tourist beach communion where local politicians rather risk peoples' lives than cancel the popular annual surf contest.
I think somebody has to win a van contest or something similarly morbid.
The ridiculousness of the whole thing shoots through the roof when Charles Bukowski wanders drunkenly through a party scene wearing a shirt that says "Water boy for the wet T-shirt contest" (maybe they lured extras by advertising free beer).
Apparently, the cast had a contest involving outrageous eye make-up, which Mr. Laughton obviously won (by a hair).
In the process they hold a 'most mortifying cliche ever' contest by elaborating on matters of life, love, death, what have you, only to come to the conclusion that, well, she doesn't fancy him very much.
Cremaster 2 proves two points: that art and art films alike are not judged as works alone but run as a popularity contest by a small elite few and also that the less people understand something the more intellectual it must be.
Apparently he was notable for winning a costume contest after spending ten years in prison and that warrants a movie about him?
However, the head of the college newspaper, Pug (Richard Carlson), thinks the contest is rigged.
Then this scientist will be surprised (or not) to discover that the Russian majority views Joseph Stalin as the third most popular person in a contest to be known as the “Face of Russia.”
The Battle for Churchill’s BustNEW YORK – The election of the United States’ next president is surely the most important contest in the democratic world.
Last month, however, Sirisena suddenly decided to allow Rajapaksa to contest the parliamentary election on the ticket of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party – control of which Sirisena wrested from Rajapaksa after winning the presidency.
Indeed, the growing contest between India and China is not only military in nature, but also concerns the acquisition of natural resources.
Parallel to the Sochi Olympics, another contest is already underway between the terrorists who seek to disrupt the games, or at least mar the atmosphere surrounding them, and the forces of the Russian state, whose task is to thwart the terrorists’ plans.
This is one contest that Russia absolutely must win.
With cameras in every cell phone and photo-editing software on every computer – not to mention the prevalence of social media – the information contest has become a critical aspect of modern warfare, exemplified in the current wars in Syria and Ukraine.
In fact, many Republicans fear a contest pitting Trump against Clinton.
One must add to this criterion a culture of debate that makes elections a genuine contest of a plurality of answers to the issues at stake.
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