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[TRAILER] A team of extraordinary figures culled from great adventure literature (including Alan Quatermain, vampiress Mina Harker from Dracula, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, an American secret service agent named Sawyer, Captain Nemo, and Dorian Gray), are called to stop a villain intent on turning the nations of the world against one another. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 5, 2024 - 23 comments

[TRAILER] A teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true. No really: that's the plot and millions of dollars were spent to make this. Is it a tax dodge? A dominatrix flexing her control of a studio exec? I honestly do not know. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 23, 2023 - 10 comments

[TRAILER] An 1867 painting by Jean-Francois Millet inspired septuagenarian documentarian Agnes Varda to cross the French countryside to videotape people who scavenge. Taking everything from surplus in the fields, to rubbish in trashcans, to oysters washed up after a storm, the "gleaners" range from those sadly in need to those hoping to recreate the community activity of centuries past, and still others who use whatever they find to cobble together a rough art. Highlighted by Varda's amusing narration. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 15, 2022 - 4 comments

Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is on her final flight mission when her jet is shot down over one of the most dangerous rebel strongholds in Afghanistan. She finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made creatures known as Ravagers--half-human, half-alien, and hungry for human flesh--are awakened. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 8, 2022 - 2 comments

A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 30, 2019 - 3 comments

Grunkle, the Garbage Lady of Hogsface, stops by the tavern for the first time in 13 years. Also, everyone's getting old. [more inside]
posted by FallowKing on May 7, 2018 - 0 comments

Stories of people, cities, and commonwealths touching their noses and proclaiming "not it!" Including the story of how one city used a rocking chair to take retribution against a late night TV show host, and an island that takes people it doesn't want to deal with and ships them away.
posted by latkes on Apr 15, 2015 - 4 comments

Tina goes undercover in her old Thundergirls troop to expose a plot most foul, Louise joins her to "help". Meanwhile Gene explores fashion most foul and Linda explores her inner blonde. [more inside]
posted by bjrn on Dec 15, 2014 - 5 comments