Three warriors across Earth’s history fight Predators in the amazingly entertaining, animated action blast Predator: Killer of Killers, directed by Dan Trachtenberg & Joshua Wassung; now streaming on Hulu.
The Bootleg Files: Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!
BOOTLEG FILES 909: “Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!” (1969 animated short).
LAST SEEN: On DailyMotion.com and several other sites.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A one-shot outing that came at the end of Warner Bros.’ animated theatrical run.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Maybe in a Warner Bros. anthology collection.
The last iteration of this column featured “Rabbit Habit,” an underground parody film that imagined a drug-hazed post-script for the Warner Bros. animated characters. In retrospect, “Rabbit Habit” would have been a better sign-off than “Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!”, a 1969 short that was completed just before the celebrated animation studio finally ended its theatrical output.
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The Phoenician Scheme [2025]
In Wes Anderson’s fun but flawed The Phoenician Scheme, a businessman takes his nun daughter and Swedish tutor on a world-trotting adventure to make a deal before his assassins catch up to him.
Slay (2025) [Pride 2025]
A group of drag queens incorrectly booked to perform at a biker bar in a remote town in Canada must battle against closed minds, homophobia… and vampires.
Dangerous Animals [2025]
Surfer Zephyr is stuck on a boat with a serial killer surrounded by shark-infested waters in Sean Bryne’s sharp and thrilling Dangerous Animals. Continue reading
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Sahara Hare (1955)
Sahara Hare (1955)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Music by Milt Franklyn
Animation by Gerry Chiniquy, Ted Bonnicksen, Arthur Davis
“Sahara Hare” gets off to a great start when Bugs Bunny burrows his way into the middle of the Sahara Desert and mistakenly believes he is in Miami Beach. Bugs happily runs across the desert to take a dip in the Atlantic Ocean, but the endless hot sands confuse and exhaust him. “Man, dig this crazy beach,” he exhales before hitting upon a tiny oasis. Mistaking the oasis pond for the ocean, he dives in headfirst, but winds up with a headful of mud from the pond’s shallow bottom.
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Beth + Jeremy and Steve (2023)
What begins as a chance encounter in a Portland record store slowly unfurls into a manipulative, offbeat love triangle that neither the participants nor the audience are fully prepared to navigate.