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Samuel L. Jackson's embodiment of cool isn't just inspirational--it's important. Bad Motherfucker lays out how his attitude intersects with his identity as a Black man, why being cool matters in the modern world, and how Jackson can guide us through the current cultural moment in which everyone is losing their cool. Edwards details Jackson's fascinating personal history, from stuttering bookworm to gunrunning revolutionary to freebasing addict to...
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Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Hawkgirl; they have all used their unique powers to fight evil across the galaxy. These seven super heroes unite to become the Justice League. Dangers across the galaxy threaten Deep-rooted feelings of mistrust and insecurity surface and plague the Justice League, causing internal strife and leaving them vulnerable to attacks from their enemies.
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Can Batman prevail against an unstoppable intergalactic machine with the power to bend time itself? Until now, the Justice League has triumphed over every foe who has challenged them. But all of those enemies had one thing in common: they were alive. This time, they face Brainiac, a super-intelligent, invulnerable machine whose mad quest endangers all life in the galaxy.
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Bob Parr, Mr. Incredible, has unwittingly demonstrated repeatedly that Supers can cause as much damage as villains while protecting the world, which causes his wife -- Elastigirl -- to be chosen as the face of a movement to make Supers legal again. Still, it will take the entire gang to take down a new supervillain bent on mind-controlling the entire world!
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The good...the bad...the Twitchy. The sequel finds our heroine, Red (Hayden Panettiere), training with a mysterious covert group called the Sisters of the Hood. But Red is forced to cut her training short when she gets an urgent call from Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers), the head of the super secret Happily Ever After Agency, aka the HEA. A wicked witch (Joan Cusack) has abducted two innocent children, Hansel (Bill Hader) and Gretel (Amy Poehler),...
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MADtv was a late night sketch-comedy show based on the humor of the popular MAD magazine. Material includes celebrity impersonations, music video, commercial, movie, and TV show parodies, recurring characters, musical guests, and the occasional mock cartoons. The show competed against the long-running SNL, but was aimed at a younger audience. Lasting an impressive fourteen seasons, the show's revolving-door cast of talented actors and numerous Emmy...
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Samurai Jack lives in ancient Japan where his homeland is being ravaged by a mightily and powerful demon named Aku. Jack used his mystical sword to fight him and eventually Jack defeats Aku after a few bouts. But before Jack manages to destroy the demon once and for all, Aku casts a spell that sends Jack into the future, a time when Aku reigns supreme. Now, it is up to Jack to find a way to go back into the past. In order to do so, Jack must wander...
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MADtv was a late night sketch-comedy show based on the humor of the popular MAD magazine. Material includes celebrity impersonations, music video, commercial, movie, and TV show parodies, recurring characters, musical guests, and the occasional mock cartoons. The show competed against the long-running SNL, but was aimed at a younger audience. Lasting an impressive fourteen seasons, the show's revolving-door cast of talented actors and numerous Emmy...
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Crank up the gravity and put your head safely in a jar! It's Volume Seven of FUTURAMA, the animated sci-fi comedy from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Crammed with a whole new dimension of extras not shown on TV, this cosmic collection includes 13 bizarre and brilliant episodes involving ancient prophecies, Presidents' heads, robot gangsters, angry butterflies, and of course, sausage-making. It's a shipload of futuristic fun!
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Traces the early path of a man destined to make history and to be a catalyst for global change. Features footage from three of the earliest known recorded interviews with Obama: 1986 WMAQ-Chicago news story about Obama's earliest success as a community activist; 1991 clip from a news interview while he was a student at Harvard Law School; and a 15-minute 'lost' interview from 1993. Includes personal photos, video footage, excerpts from his book, and...
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The greatest super heroes of all time team up in the 21st century to battle intergalactic villians. Martian Manhunter comes to Earth to warn of an impending alien invasion. With the help of Superman and Batman, he enlists the world's greatest heroes to fend off the unstoppable invading force.
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Dark forces older than time itself are on the attack, hell-bent on stopping the dawn of a wondrous new green age. More shocking, Bender's in love with a married fembot and Leela's on the run from the Zapp Brannigan's law. Fry is the last hope of the universe and has been recruited for an ultra-top-secret mission.
18) Samurai Jack
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Jack is a samurai warrior, whose magical sword is enchanted "with the power of righteousness, " who trains his body and his mind to confront Aku. Aku is an evil, shape-shifting wizard who dethroned Jack's emperor father. During their pitched battle, Aku dispatches Jack into the future through a time portal. The solitary warrior's single-minded quest is to find his way back to undo the devastation of Aku's tyrannical rule.
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Evil nudist aliens send Bender on a rampage through time, forcing him to steal all of Earth's priceless historic treasures. Will the heroic Planet Express crew save the planet? Will Leela find true love? Will the ancient and terrible secret of Fry's back side be revealed?