An author’s life becomes complicated after his friends leave their mothers with him as they go to Pride in the wonderful Irish comedy-drama Four Mothers, the opening film of the 51st Seattle International Film Festival.
The Bootleg Files: A Weighty Problem
BOOTLEG FILES 907: “A Weighty Problem” (1980 educational filmstrip featuring characters from “The Flintstones”).
LAST SEEN: A restored version is on YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Educational filmstrips have no perceived commercial reissue value.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not likely, unless a documentary on the subject is made.
If you were a K-12 student in American schools during the 1960s and 1970s, you probably remember the use of filmstrips in your classes. Filmstrips were a spool of 35mm film that featured still photographs on each frame. The filmstrips were shown via a hand-operated projector, with one frame at a time projected on a screen while a soundtrack recording on either an album or a cassette tape provided narration or character dialogue to match the images. The soundtrack recording would offer a beep or a ding, which was the cue to the projector’s operator to turn the spool to the next image.
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Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) [Now Playing]
Stefani is having terrifying dreams of an accident from sixty years in the past. Searching for why puts her in Death’s sights in Final Destination: Bloodlines, the first entry in the franchise in 14 years.
Ninja (2009) [Martial Arts May]
An American orphan raised in Japan on the art of ninjutsu must return to New York City to protect an important chest of historical weapons from an old arch enemy in Ninja.
Super Happy Fun Clown (2025)
After her life hasn’t quite panned out as expected, a passionate clown turns from fun to frenzy in an attempt to join the ranks of infamous serial killers. With Halloween on the horizon, she aims to shape her own legacy while acting out her personal desires.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross
Music by Milt Franklyn
While few animation scholars would cite “Yankee Doodle Bugs” as being among the finest of the Warner Bros. output, I freely admit this is one of my favorite cartoons in the Bugs Bunny series. Yeah, it is not an artistic classic, but it is a cute film that has good-natured fun with Colonial American history.
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Bound (2023)
What begins as a quiet act of defiance for a better future quickly unravels into a visceral, emotionally charged quest of survival, betrayal, and reluctant forgiveness.