{"id":4933,"date":"2003-12-02T07:05:05","date_gmt":"2003-12-02T14:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4933"},"modified":"2003-12-02T07:05:05","modified_gmt":"2003-12-02T14:05:05","slug":"biggest_stinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/12\/02\/biggest_stinker.html","title":{"rendered":"Biggest. Stinker. Ever."},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there anyone out there who likes Cat in the Hat: A Michael Myers Movie<\/i>, except for the inevitable couple of quoted flacks in the ads? Because every review I’ve seen (and not just these<\/a>, but also this <\/a>and this<\/a>) make it sound not only like it stinks on ice, but it does so with a nasty gleam in its fetid eye. Even Roger Ebert, who manages to avoid getting horribly offended by this travesty of a childhood memory, sounds profoundly disappointed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is there anyone out there who likes Cat in the Hat: A Michael Myers Movie, except for the inevitable couple of quoted flacks in the ads? 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