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Big Lots, Big Savings!
I love Big Lots because I save lots on DVDs in the $ 3 bargain bin there. That’s less cost than a Starbucks latte for a motion picture — something you can retain a lot longer than coffee. On a recent pilgrammage to the Dundalk Big Lots, conveniently located next door to the Dundalk Giant Food with its state-​of-​the-​art bathroom facilities (which I needed after almost peeing myself over all the good stuff at Big Lots), I recently scored 20-​some cool DVDS of the indie, cult and arthouse variety. Since Facebook friends suggested I post my thrift store scores, herein is the list.
1. REEL TALENT: FIRST FILMS BY LEGENDARY DIRECTORS
2. VERNON, FLORIDA by Errol Morris
3. 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP FILM
4. PUMP UP THE VOLUME
5. PARADISE NOW
Hany Abu-​Assad (Rana’s Wedding)‘s 2005 film about two Palestinian childhood friends recruited to be suicide bombers was the first Palestinian film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
6. THE YES MEN
7. HOUSE OF SAND (CASA DE AREIA)
8. A MIGHTY WIND
9. RIPLEY’S GAME
10. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
11. THE GAY DIVORCEE (Astaire-​Rogers)
12. FOLLOW THE FLEET (Astaire-​Rogers)
13. FLYING DOWN TO RIO (Astaire-​Rogers)
14. NINOTCHKA
15. BRICK
16. JACQUES COuSTEAU’S RIVER EXPLORATIONS
17. DOPPLEGANGER (Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s cult classic!)
18. THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!
19. NIGHT COURT — COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
20. PAN’S LABYRINTH.
BONUS ROUND:
CUTIE HONEY (LIVE ACTION)
This 2004 tokusatsu (live-​action) version of creator Go Nagai’s sexy manga and animé superheroine was directed by Hideaki Anno and stars popular Japanese model Eriko Sato as the scantily clad Cutie Honey. But the live-​action version is every bit as cartoonish as the manga, playing like a kitschy episode of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers as Honey does battle with a bunch of silly-​named villains like Sister Jill, Gold Claw, Cobalt Claw, Scarlet Claw and Black Claw. Great fun!