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Mars Blackmon is a character played by Spike Lee in Lee’s own movie She’s Gotta Have It. Mars runs a few fictional Jordan commercials in the movie.

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In the hood, stepping on someone’s Jordans is considered the ultimate sign of disrespect, so it makes sense for Nelly to be pissed (especially if they’re brand new).

Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing contains a memorable scene that exemplifies this, where Clifton steps on Buggin' Out’s fresh pair of Jordans.
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Nelly wears a Cardinals fitted when he’s on tour to stay true to his St. Louis roots, but still wears it in STL because he’s a major figure in the city.

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The Best Lead Actor in our best performances of 2014 list.

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The Best Lead Actress in our best performances of 2014 list.

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The Best Supporting Actress in our best performances of 2014 list.

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There are no two words in the English language more harmful than “good job”

–Terence Fletcher

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Fans of the MCU will be happy to hear that upcoming movies are already planned all the way up to 2019. The movie also leaves off with the message “The Guardians of the Galaxy will return”, implying that Marvel had planned in advance for the movie to be a success and to commence in making a sequel for it.

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Seriously, it was about as original as saying that getting caught trying to outsmart Google wasn’t very Genius.

But on a serious note, this highlights one of my main complaints with film/TV criticism, that writers often latch on to a phrase they think is more clever and original than it really is. e.g. Breaking Bad has “comic book realism”

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2014 was a good year for movies; here are the best of them. If your favorite didn’t make the list, let us know about it in the comment section.

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