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A half-century ago, film legend Vincent Price and his wife Mary released what they termed 
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From the “New Bacon-ings Burger” to the “Baby You Can Chive My Car Burger” and dozens more, 
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The best I can say about the wholly unnecessary 
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If Inside Out was Toy Story, then 
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That its true story of a group of canny investors that saw the mortgage crisis looming and gamed a system about to self-destruct plays like an ink-black farce makes 
If there’s one thing that 
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Why get a wimpy rinkydink lunch box when the R&D braintrust at Thinkgeek have devised a heavy-duty 
Continuing their genuinely wonderful partnership of chocolate and peanut butter fun, 
The madcap misadventures of the prisoners of Germany’s most inept Stalag are yours for the taking in this massive 27-disc collection of 
As a parody of the sweeping, bombastically self-important miniseries events that defined TV in the 70s and 80s, 
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The second season of 
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Waffles. Who doesn’t love waffles. And Star Wars. Everybody loves waffles and Star Wars. So, how can you possibly resist a 
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Take a trip down the mine and relive the harrowing true tale of the 33 Chilean miners trapped for 69 days far underground in 
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So yes, the Force has finally woken up, and the December 18th release to theaters opened the floodgates on all of the spoiler-laden materials that had been embargoed. First and foremost, of course, came the official score album from 
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Take a journey 
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One of the delightful side effects of its recent comeback is that we’re getting official releases of classic episodes, so 
For fans of the first season eager to experience the same kind of magic, the second season of 
For the past few years, the folks at Olive films have been making a whole clutch of much-requested catalogue titles from the vaults of various studios available in high definition. Added to their already impressive list of accomplishments is the Blu-Ray debut of the John Malkovich & Gary Sinise 
Mill Creek has brought forth another batch of catalogue titles from the Sony library at a remarkably affordable cost. The biggie is 
Because I don’t often get a chance to see them when they run, I love binge-watching a batch of PBS DVDs, as they continue to produce incredible documentaries and science programs that are oft-overlooked. My most recent dive took in the 3-D laser-scanning history program Time Scanners, specifically their episodes on the 
One day, I hope we get to see whatever film Hugh Jackman thought he was in while chewing up the scenery in 
With the brand new sequel coming out, it should come as little surprise that 
The third season of 
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I never thought we’d ever get to the point where there would be less than 30 episodes left until the entire run was available on home video, but thanks to the miracle workers at Shout Factory, 
But let that not be an end to your festive riffing season, for the fine folks at Rifftrax are releasing a pair of their holiday live shows for you to watch and revel in – 
Sometimes, there are “collectibles” that make me wish I were a kid again. If I had gotten the 
Gifts for the LEGO lover on your list? If they’re keen on the history of those wonderful building blocks, then they can thumb through 
Do you feel like you’ve reached the outermost limits of emotional release that a simple NERF dart blaster can achieve? Are you eager to deliver a decisive defeat from a ridiculous distance during the inevitable competition that your family visit will devolve into this holiday season? Well, NERF has heard your plea, and introduced the Rival series of blasters, that amp up distance and accuracy to plaid. The chief difference between the entry level 
As a kid, I ate loads of brittle, borderline inedible gum as a byproduct of my desire to get full sets of all of the various pop culture trading cards Topps released during my geeky childhood. Little did I know that all I had to do to avoid that hunt entirely was wait nearly 40 years and simply buy a book like 
I love a solidly fun children’s book that manages to stick the landing of sporting both an enjoyable story and great visuals, and Ryan T. Higgins’ 
If you feel the most recent iteration of the James Bond franchise tends toward the dour, the closest you can get to old school Bond action are the Mission: Impossible flicks, and the most recent, 
While you’re reading up on the making of 007’s latest cinematic adventure with 
If The Force Awakens is awakening an interest in your younglings for information about the ins and outs and characters and minutiae of the Star Wars universe, there’s no better primer gift than the book 
While other highly-stylized vinyl collectible brands have never really captured my imagination, there’s something in the cartoony styling of Vinyl Sugar’s 
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, together? Sold. Yeah, don’t need to hear anymore. Just, sold. Okay, fine – 
It may not be wearing your Star Wars fandom on your sleeve, but the 
If you feel that It’s A Wonderful Life is a bit too maudlin for you this year, why not partake of a beautifully remastered, high definition presentation of Frank Capra’s screwball comedy 
While its presentation style has become a cliché in the quarter century since its debut, there’s a reason why Ken Burns’ 
It was inevitable that the undeniably appealing, banana-obsessed sidekicks would eventually be spun off into a feature of their own, so it’s an added bonus that the pre-Gru origin story 
We live in a golden age of universal remotes fashioned to break down all resistance by preying on our geeky hearts, with Harry Potter wands and Star Trek phasers. And because we’ve already had ones for the 10th and 11th regeneration, of course we’d get a 
If you want your sword and sex Game Of Thrones fix with a little more actual history thrown into the mix, dive into 
Harold Lloyd’s last silent film also happens to be one of his best, and now Criterion has given 
There’s a reason why 
Lighting a candle for the holidays? What are we, in the dark ages? No! No, we’re not! We live in a modern age, where even candles must be worked over and made electronic with the miracle of LED. The 
Sublime doesn’t begin to capture the exquisite dynamic between Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie found in the 
There’s plenty of eye candy to be found in 
And because postcards seem to be the new way to do pocket-sized art books, the 
Deep dive into the lore of show with 
One would think that Asylum and Coven would have been about as bizarre as the series could go, but 
I’ve tried quite a few options to easily listen to music in the shower, but the best so far has been the 
I’ve loved every book that’s been released as part of the Pixar Animation Studios Artist Showcase, which publishes illustrated stories crafted by the studio’s artists, and you can add Noah Klocek & Bonny Becker’s 
Thinkgeek has a laser focus on the kind of geeky tech that nerds simply must have for know other reason than its inherent geekiness, and now they’ve used that laser focus to craft a 
The dynamic duo of director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy continues to spin gold with the genre-bending 
J.B. Kaufman’s epic 
Now that we have cleared the Elmo storm that threatened to capsize the venerable institution known as Sesame Street, we’re able to refocus on the show’s true heart and icon, Big Bird, and the incredibly gifted performer who gave soul to both the bird and his emotional counterpoint, Oscar The Grouch, Caroll Spinney. The vehicle for this celebration is the brilliant documentary 
To say that 
While the recent must-have sets culled episodes from the show’s later seasons, we thankfully cleared whatever red tape hampered the release of 
And speaking of Sideshow Collectibles, photographer Daniel Picard has taken several of the figures they’ve released over the years and used them to create some absolutely magical photographs by dropping them into exquisitely crafted tableaus that run the gamut from funny to poignant. Those photographs have been collected together into a hardcover coffee table book, 
When most comic fans think of Donald Duck, they think of the comic book work of Carl Barks. The folks at IDW are looking to expand the appreciation of Donald’s comic adventures with the very first collection of 
The folks controlling the mighty Carson archive have dipped back into the vaults for the next batch of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson: Featured Guest Series (Carson Entertainment, Not Rated, DVD-$19.99 SRP each), each volume of which devotes an entire disc just to episodes featuring a specific luminary. The second three volumes in the series spotlight 
It’s been a crime of Biffian proportions that we’ve been without a proper book celebrating the making of the Back To The Future Trilogy, but now we’ve been gifted with two must-have volumes. First is the unauthorized, wholly candid We Don’t Need Roads, and the second is the officially sanctioned 
Pixar. Listen. Why do you want to make me cry? You’re absolutely brutal with the feels, and you know exactly what buttons to push. And you push them all with 
I love a film that can expertly blend comedy, action, and genuine heart, and last year brought two films that accomplished that hat trick with flair – Guardians Of The Galaxy and 
And because this is the holiday season, and you know you want to give the gift of Peanuts, Fantagrpahics has made it very easy with a pair of perfect gifts. 
The 4th volume of The Dona Rosa Library, 
While Criterion has been releasing the features that he helmed himself, a similarly wonderful and much-needed restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s earlier work at other studios has been neglected over the years, even though there have been plenty of releases of the material. Finally, though, a definitive edition of both 
The period covered in 
For those that missed the boat on the stellar prop replica put out by Master Replicas ages ago but wanted something more robust than the plastic alternatives currently available, Thinkgeek’s 
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Going in to the theater, I truly didn’t know what to expect from the updated though still a period piece 
I admit, I was underwhelmed by 
Director D.A. Pennebaker’s iconic Bob Dylan documentary 
No additional amount of footage could make 
While what does make it out and onto the silver screen is magical, there’s plenty of magic that exists solely in the early creative process that gives birth to films from Toy Story to The Good Dinosaur, and it’s a special peek into that room that fills the pages of 
It’s been quite a long while since I took a gander at some of the wonderful little catalogue gems the Warner Archive has been carting up from the dark depths of their vault, so here’s a rundown of some of those titles you should check out. There’s the forgotten animated gem 
The real surprise, though, is how many high definition releases the Warner Archive has been delivering to fans, often for mush-requested titles that many (myself included) had given up hope of ever getting. So, now we’ve got Neil Simon’s 
The Warner Archive has also continued emptying the vaults of nearly everything produced by Hanna-Barbera, which now includes 
It’s been a long time coming, but 
Based on the notorious titular college study, 
Zac Efron stars as an aspiring DJ who gets swept up in friendship, love, and betrayal when he crosses paths with a famous DJ (Wes Bentley) that could be the key to his success in 
The first two seasons were groundbreaking, but the third season of 
The chronology of the Terminator films is a bit of a mess. And by that, I mean it’s confusing. And every installment in the franchise has made it even more confusing, full of time travel paradoxes and nonsense that make the best way to really enjoy 
Largely overlooked, unjustly so, now’s your chance to check out Nicole Kidman as the titular 
The 3rd season comes to an intergalactic climactic head in the final 12-episode arc contained in 
Part of their Secrets Of The Dead series, PBS’s 
While the heat of the game has cooled a bit, there’s still a bit of charm and fun to be found in the animated offerings based on it, with 
There’s quite a bit of endearingly goofball magic lost when you age Dora the Explorer up to tweenhood for 
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