Technically this is the first Monday of the semester, since MLK Day was last week, and we had a snow day the week before that. What will today’s random movie be? Will it be something light and cheerful for the start of the semester. Hahaha, no. This weeks that random number generator gave me Crash, which […]

Hey y’all. Your favorite mod got distracted yesterday and forgot to post this week’s random movie. Without further ado, I present to you DVD 12769, The Slumber Party Massacre Collection. This set includes Slumber Party Massacre I, Slumber Party Massacre II, and Slumber Party Massacre III. If you inferred that all of these films involve […]

Happy New Year! Our first random movie of the year is DVD 746, You Only Live Once, one of the first movies of the film noir genre. Here’s our summary: An ill-fated young couple are separated when he is put in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. You Only Live once was Fritz Lang’s second American film, […]

Today’s Random Movie feels a little on the nose given recent events here in DC. This 2011 PBS Frontline documentary, produced with our very own American University Investigative Reporting Workshop, examines the immigration policies of President Obama. Here’s our summary: More than one million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office. Deportations and […]

Happy Monday folks! As we approach the end of the semester at AU, and all the stress that comes with it, we find ourselves appreciating some of the more surprising documentaries in our collection, like Searching for Sugar Man (DVD 10920). Here’s our summary: In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a […]

Happy Cyber Monday! Take a break from scouring the internet for deals and give this week’s random movie a watch. Or should I say “Random TV Show.” Moral Orel Volume 1 (DVD 12994) collects the first season of Adult’s Swim’s award-winning mid 2000s tv show about an Evangelical boy in Middle America. Because it’s Adult Swim, […]

This week’s random movie seems appropriate for the week of Black Friday: A tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story (DVD 16523). Here’s our summary: In early 2009, more than 34,000 American workers lost their jobs and one of retail’s greatest stories of entrepreneurship abruptly came to an end. After 60 years in business […]

Our WWI series has come to an end, and today’s random movie is all about the Second World War: Stalag 17 (DVD 5384).  Here’s our summary: A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them. A short summary, but I think it adds to the suspense, don’t you? It’s […]

Happy Monday! We’re taking a break from WWI for Random Movie Monday. Today’s movie is All About the Guy (DVD 12343). Here’s our summary: 4 friends, 3 guys, 2 couples … you do the math! It’s about the quest to find the “one” when “the one” doesn’t know he’s the “one.” It explores the unlikely pairing […]

Every once and awhile, the random number generator picks something really… random. Case in point, this week’s random movie: The Topp Twins Untouchable Girls (DVD 6050). Here’s our description. Tells the story of the world’s only yodeling country singing and comedy lesbian sibling duo, the Topp Twins (Jools and Lynda Topp), who have inspired a generation with […]