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Hey transformers is the best movie .. so gorgeos i loved him in disturbia lol hes the cutest & hottest guy ive ever seen
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The FIlmFreak looks like the "The Uninvited" from a male perspective jason B kinda going for a 'disturbia' feel. immature
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Zachary Levi from Chuck should definitely be Yorick. okayflint know nothing about it, haven't seen this kid in anything, don't really care for Caruso (outside of disturbia which I really enjoyed), but I read "sci-fi alien adaption" at some point in this article and that's enough for me to be interested. edit: well that's a rather embarrassing typo
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The films he executive produced like disturbia and transformers has hit big at the box office and wasn't disappointing.
Must Watch: Full Trailer for D.J. Carusos Eagle Eye! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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No, you get a high octane summer blockbuster! and shia's performance was again solid, not amazing, but solid. he's just cutting his teeth as a leading man, give him time and he will amaze you. as for disturbia - i totally agree with you - it sucked big time.
Must Watch: Full Trailer for D.J. Carusos Eagle Eye! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Hey, I know film needs to convey inner disturbia through an action, but please come up with something new, folks.
Erica Abeel: Toronto Film Festival: The Essential and the Trivial 2010
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Curtis on May 22, 2008 teaser looks good … i just really hope that shia would be different from his previous movies, acting per se … from transformers to disturbia to indy … he seemed to be almost the same even though his portraying different characters .. miracle disease on May 22, 2008 looks good
Must Watch: D.J. Caruso's Eagle Eye Teaser Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Hey, I know film needs to convey inner disturbia through an action, but please come up with something new, folks.
Erica Abeel: Toronto Film Festival: The Essential and the Trivial 2010
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The disturbia ranges from openly judging tenants behavior and sharing intimate details with other tenants to more extreme behaviors of sexual harassment and invoking arguments between tenants.
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What should tenants do to minimize doorman disturbia?
alexz commented on the word disturbia
Did Hipsturbia come from Disturbia?
Disturbia is a Rhianna song - I assume it means a disturbed suburbia.
in the 19th century, (google book search)
disturbia is latin for troubles
Apparently the term Disturbia for suburban woes was coined in 1964
Google book search result
"Expanding the American Dream: Building and Rebuilding Levittown - Page 224
books.google.ca/books?isbn=0791412881
Barbara M. Kelly - 1993 - Preview - More editions
... of such works as Richard E. Gordon, MD, et al., The Split Level Trap (New York: 1964), which coined the phrase "Disturbia." See also Reisman, Whyte, and "On the 5:19 to Ulcerville," Newsweek, Vol. LIV, No.7, August 17, 1959, p. 32."
February 20, 2013