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The Weird Accordion to Al Extended Version Excerpt: UHF

With Al’s second film as a screenwriter on the way I figured it was the ideal time to rerun my 5000 word appreciation of UHF.

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"Weird Al" Yankovic and the Lost Generation

There is a lost generation of kids without a new “Weird Al” Yankovic album to call their own. Are they beyond help?

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #21 The FP (2011)

The idea of a retro-futuristic action comedy about a dystopian world where beefs between gangs are resolved through a Dance, Dance Revolution-type game is promising. So how the hell did The FP become a movie mostly about the hilarity of white people calling each other racial epithets?