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01 April 2007

...but "Football in the Groin" has football in the groin...

I've long used the Internet Movie Database for my movie information needs. It's a nice way to see if a film is any good, was filmed in a certain part of the world or to find out just what that song was playing in the end credits. It's also a nice reference to make sure an actor/actress really is separated within six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Astute observers may have noticed that IMDb has recently received a facelift, but it's more than just cosmetic improvements. Maybe I just haven't been paying attention to it, but I swear the 'plot keywords' category is a recent addition. The depth of the terms you can search is astounding. If I wanted to see if a movie has closet homosexuals, one of the results would be Wet Hot American Summer. Looking for a person on fire? Check out Nacho Libre. Want a bar fight? There's 72 movies to choose from including Patrick Swayze's Road House (which also has 'homoeroticism' as one of its keywords!).

Oddly enough, I'm shocked at the lack of football-in-the-groin in cinema. A search of that term only yielded two results. One was the original version of The Longest Yard. The other? That "A Star is Burns" episode of The Simpsons.

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