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weekend box office, cloudy with a chance of meatballs, surrogates, fameWhy didn’t we see this coming? What are the two things that people love more than anything else? That’s right.

Meteorology and mechanically-reclaimed meatstuffs. And that’s why Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs is the weekend box office number one again. It’s not because no good films were released this week, or because all people are stupid. It’s because Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs finally combined the public’s twin loves of overcast weather and globs of nonspecific meat.

Or not. Look, it’s a cartoon about meatballs. We’re finding it hard to care about this one, to be honest.

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surrogatesHave you ever looked around and thought the whole world was fake?

Well it is, at least if you’re Bruce Willis. Everyone is hooked up to a robot, called a surrogate, and lives life from the comfort of a home computer. It’s a great solution to the boring trawl of the life, except one day, someone gets whacked and dies online. Bruce Willis plays Agent Greer, a surrogate cop investigating the deaths. As he delves into a futuristic murder mystery, he starts to question the life he lives and pulls the plug, going AWOL in the process.

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