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Could Buddy the Dog From Air Bud (1997) Have Saved the Seattle SuperSonics?
With the NBA Finals looming and just four teams remaining, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in the hunt for their second straight championship. They’d be the league’s first back-to-back champs since the Golden State Warriors repeated in 2018....
Belly (1998) Should’ve Been a Launchpad for a Lengthy Hype Williams Feature Film Career
With a quarter century of hindsight, I think it’s safe to say the 1990s were the golden age of music videos. I fell in love with music videos before I ever fell in love with movies. They were bite-size adventures for my young brain, and the...
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) Features Every Ingredient of Southern Belle Slop
Today’s issue of Dust On The VCR is a guest piece! My good friend Nellie Beckett—author of her own Substack, Kulturtante—has officially joined the Dust On The VCR pantheon with this, her fifth byline for this newsletter. If you enjoyed her...
The Dust Files: Sometimes I Think About How Babe (1995) Was Nominated For Best Picture
This weekend, a new adaptation of Animal Farm that nobody asked for is hitting movie theaters. I’ve heard it’s not very good for reasons that would suprise no one who’s familiar with the source text.1
Next weekend, The Sheep Detectives wil...
Every City Deserves a Cinematic Time Capsule Like Stay Hungry (1976)
Thank you to everyone who came through for our special Alabama Film Week edition of Tape Night! Last night was the 50th anniversary of the theatrical release of Stay Hungry, a film that was set and shot entirely in the Birmingham area. It’s...
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