The heavier metal band Impaled Rektum is in jail and so close to their release date they can smell it. However, one of the members’ father is ill and about to lose his farm so the guys decide to escape and go make money to help save the farm.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Ballot Box Bunny (1951)
Ballot Box Bunny (1951)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Animation by Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis,Manuel Perez
Music by Carl Stalling
Yosemite Sam is running for mayor of an unnamed town, and part of his platform is the promise “to rid this country of every last rabbit.” Needless to say, this doesn’t sit well with Bugs Bunny, who starts a rival campaign. Sam repeatedly tries to sabotage Bugs’ electioneering, but his tricks inevitably backfire badly on him. However, neither candidate prevails as the race goes to a dark horse candidate, literally – a car carrying a sign that reads “Our New Mare” features a large horse as its passenger that is cheered as the election victor by off-screen crowds. Shocked by their respective loses, Bugs and Sam opt to extinguish their disappointment with a game of Russian roulette.
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Daytime Revolution (2024) [DVD / Blu-ray]
During the week of February 14, 1972, daytime television was thrown for a loop as John Lennon and Yoko Ono joined “The Mike Douglas Show” as co-hosts, bringing along a selection of unlikely guests to provoke and entertain the show’s Philadelphia-based studio audience and a national viewership of 40 million.
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The Waiting Game (2024)
The ABA and the NBA once upon a time were competing leagues. Then the NBA acquired some of the ABA teams, leaving some players without a plan and without a pension. A non-profit group and a lawyer went to battle to help these players regain some of their pensions and money.
The Big Noise (1944)
The other day, I saw a post on Facebook asking for input on whether the 1944 Laurel and Hardy feature “The Big Noise” deserved to be considered among the worst films ever made. After all, many Laurel and Hardy aficionados label it as the duo’s on-screen nadir, and it was also cited in a book that allegedly ranked the all-time 50 worst films.
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The Bootleg Files: The Wonderful Land of Oz
BOOTLEG FILES 886: “The Wonderful Land of Oz” (1969 kiddie matinee feature).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: On public domain-friendly platforms.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A lapsed copyright.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: This is just what The Criterion Collection needs!
On this particular day – November 22, 2024, to be precise – most moviegoers are fixated on the release of the big-budget musical “Wicked.” But since I prefer the rat-a-tat-tat from a different drum, I am venturing to a lower rent corner of the Yellow Brick Road to celebrate the no-budget 1969 feature “The Wonderful Land of Oz.”
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Dream Team (2024)
Two INTERPOL agents look into a mystery that takes the viewer through the US, Mexico, and Canada.