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I want to watch Heckler

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Heckler is a humorous documentary by Michael Addis that follows actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy as he takes on his critics and hecklers. The documentary explores why people choose to heckle, and how the heckled might respond, both verbally and physically. There are many comedians speaking about their experiences, including Joe Rogan (a heckler magnet, check Youtube), [...]

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I want to watch Monster Camp

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Monster Camp is a documentary that follows the Seattle, Washington chapter of a U.S. LARP (live action role-playing) game organization. Software engineers, department store managers and high school students, for one weekend each month get to become warriors, sorcerers, dwarves and lizard people. People can be anything, dress in any way, and have almost any [...]

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American Movie follows filmmaker Mark Borchardt as he pursues his American dream, to make films. With his Mastercard, and $3,000 from uncle Bill, he works on his short horror film Coven with the aid of relatives, the local theater talent, and a number of his friends.
The most memorable characters in American Movie apart from Mark [...]

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Super High Doug Benson

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Super High Me (a play on Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Super Size Me) stars comedian Doug Benson. Benson is no regular comedian though, he is also High Times Stoner of the Year (for ‘06).
To “study” (used loosely) the effects of marihuana, Benson smoked it daily for 30 days, after going 30 days without any marihuana, and [...]

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