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More than 20 years and seven books later, all of which picked up decent reviews but few sales, Mahjoub finally took note.
Riffing off the 1980s Johnny Depp police procedural TV show about young-looking cops infiltrating high schools to uncover crimes, 21 Jump Street picked up decent reviews and made more than $200m at the global box office in 2012.
The film revival, which was released in cinemas concurrently with a video-on-demand rollout, recouped more than $2m of its tiny $6m budget at the US box office this weekend and has picked up decent reviews.
She made her directing debut on the independent 2009 romcom I Hate Valentine's Day, which performed poorly at the box office despite reuniting her with Corbett on screen, and co-wrote the 2011 Tom Hanks romcom Larry Crowne, which picked up decent receipts but similarly disappointing reviews to I Hate Valentine's Day.
I went to see it, because it's an eye-catching idea, and it's got a story behind it; and it picked up decent reviews in Oz and looked as if it might have something interesting to say (the classic combination of news value + cultural value considerations).
Behind the podium finishers, Timo Glock and Sebastian Vettel both performed well to pick up decent points hauls, while Kazuki Nakajima made it a rare double points finish for Williams.
While we've been shopping, Beyond Retro's in-house sound system has been playing a number of songs by Dagny's peers; many, like Léon's Tired of Talking, are by acts well known to music bloggers and Spotify listeners, and who regularly pick up decent streaming numbers and excitable online coverage, but falter when it comes to crossing over.
Falling back is not the greatest thing, but we get stronger towards the end of the races and we are still picking up decent points.
Microsoft has been on something of a product roll lately, with its Windows 10 operating system picking up decent early reviews, and its Surface Hub and HoloLens devices stoking mass-market interest.
You can pick up decent stuff from garage sales if you don't have any.
On the first afternoon I strolled up to Morgan's supermarket and picked up some decent Chilean wine and a bottle of Caldas rum.
