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the oh-yes! DVD of the week: ‘Justified: The Complete First Season’

Tue, Mar 15, 2011
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Timothy Olyphant Timothy Olyphant Timothy Olyphant Timothy Olyphant Timothy Olyphant Timothy Olyphant. Also: Timothy Olyphant.

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Battle of Los Angeles’

Tue, Mar 15, 2011
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And Nia Peeples and Kel Mitchell are all that stand between humanity and global doom and stuff.

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trailer break: ‘Blooded’

Mon, Mar 14, 2011
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Yup, it’s another one of those “it’s fake but let’s pretend it’s real” mockumentary thingies. Looks like it’s taking an original tack with it, however…

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the oh-yes! DVD of the week: ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000: Vol. XX’

Tue, Mar 08, 2011
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I miss Joel and the bots so bad sometimes it hurts…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Matty Hanson & The Invisibility Ray’

Tue, Mar 08, 2011
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Boys are geniuses. Girls need rescuing. Lots of fun lessons to learn!

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retro trailer: ‘The Fountainhead’

Sun, Mar 06, 2011
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Mmm, Gary Cooper… he can overpower women and and brandish his ruthlessly selfish soul like a weapon because he’s Just. That. Cool.

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the oh-yes! DVD of the week: ‘The Promise’

Tue, Mar 01, 2011
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This harrowing television drama, from the U.K.’s Channel 4, is a provocative look at the state of the modern Middle East that will shock as many people as it will enthrall, merely by dint of its reasoned, unhysterical look at Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Alive? Is Michael Jackson Really Dead’

Tue, Mar 01, 2011
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Sometimes it’s a chore trying to pick which of several likely candidates is the oh-no-est DVD of the week. And sometimes they send you an engraved invitation requesting the pleasure of your ridicule…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Britain from the Air – Spiritual Britain’

Tue, Feb 22, 2011
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Yeah, I bet Christopher Wren was thinking, Better make sure St. Paul’s still looks awesome in case that helical air screw thingie of Da Vinci’s ever gets invented.

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the oh-yes! DVD of the week: ‘Fish Tank’: Criterion Collection

Mon, Feb 21, 2011
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If you haven’t seen Fish Tank, one of the best films of 2010, now you have no excuse: there’s a new Criterion Collection edition just out, so it’s not going to get any better than this.

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