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MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: VOLUME XIV (DVD)

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Personally, I would love to see each disc include a featurette covering why the film in question was chosen, anecdotes from the making of the episode, and so forth

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MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: VOLUME XIV (DVD)

We can't expect Shout Factory to deliver the kind of bonus features they put in their 20th anniversary edition of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" last year,...

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TORONTO STORIES

The press notes description for “Toronto Stories” ends with this line: Even Toronto-haters are going to have a hard time getting their knives out for...

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JUMP

From 2002’s “Spellbound” that followed eight kids from around the US as they worked their way to the ultimate sudden-death playoff of the National...

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NOLLYWOOD BABYLON

The enthusiasm of “Nollywood Babylon” is infectious. Focusing on the widely unknown (in the U.S., at least) Nigerian film industry, this documentary...

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SUNDAY SCHOOL MUSICAL

Oh, the irony. Certain organized religions have been co-opting other groups holidays almost since their inception. Disney has been co-opting fairy tales,...

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OTTO

Imagine a young John Waters, only with no sense of urgency, more militantly queer, and tone-deaf to the subtleties of satire. There you have Bruce La...

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SERGIO

The world is a better place because of Sergio Vieira de Mello. “Sergio” tells the story of a young Brazilian activist who got his start in politics,...

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THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN

The rough plot of “The Only Good Indian” is compelling. A boy is kidnapped from his family to be taken to an Indian “training school” where his...

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GOOD HAIR

What is it about curly, nappy hair that people find so undesirable? As a card-carrying member of the Happy to Be Nappy club, this subject has always...

SXSW 2009 FILM SCHEDULE IS LIVE!

As Sundance slowly recedes in the rear-view mirror along with the winter snow, film geeks across the globe are always stoked to see the film schedule for...

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