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Inspired by the too-ludicrous-to-be-believed National Football League strike of 1987, Howard Deutch's THE REPLACEMENTS follows a team of scab players as they fill in for the real pros. Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman), a compassionate and dedicated coach, is rehired by the owner of the Washington Sentinels to pull together a new crew in order to finish off the season and keep the stadium filled. This includes a safety who is on work release, a lightning-quick wide receiver with bricks for hands, a deranged...

Interweaving promotional videos with rare live-footage of bands such as Discharge, GHB, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, and the Exploited, Ian Glasper takes a glimpse at an often-overlooked era of punk music. BURNING BRITAIN: HISTORY OF UK PUNK 1980-1984 focuses on the second-wave punk bands that emerged in the early 80s in Margaret Thatcher's England, who despite playing harder, angrier, and faster music than predecessors like the Sex Pistols, were often overshadowed by the media-fed myth that punk...

The movie is fluff to the extreme, and because it's from the duo of Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow it's easy to long for more. There's a remarkably talented comic cast here, though, that includes, among others, Upright Citizens Brigade veteran Matt Walsh, former Daily Show correspondent Beth Littleford, and indie favorite Frank Whaley. And while it never reaches the near poetic heights of vulgarity to be found in SUPERBAD and KNOCKED UP, one can sense Rogen and Apatow's supreme wit poking around the...