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I've bought two new DVDs in the past two weeks for a total of less than $12. And they were both movies I actually wanted to see! The first movie was the summer blockbuster "Star Trek," which I pre-ordered for $9.98. Walmart.com has started an online price war with Amazon and Barnes & Noble for pre-orders of hotly-anticipated books and DVDs.

Few cult films have had as big an influence on pop culture as the 1984 mockumentary, a oeThis Is Spinal Tap,a about a floundering hard-rock band whose amps go to 11.

The guy behind Seymour Skinner, Spinal Tap and the Folksmen is coming to Richmond.

A folk music concert held outside the cozy confines of the folk fest is a good test of just how popular this stuff is in Edmonton.

Documentary. Featuring Walt Disney. Directed by Theodore Thomas. Images Have you seen one of Christopher Guest's mock documentaries, particularly "A Mighty Wind" or "Best in Show," in which comically obsessed characters talk directly to the camera with great and ridiculous earnestness? "Walt & El Grupo," a documentary about Walt Disney's 1941 ...

Since coming out of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band, Bissonette has worked steadily across a number of genres, from jazz with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson to rock with David Lee Roth.

Catherine O'Hara is my idea of the ultimate funny aunt. At the Royal York Hotel for a roundtable interview with Toronto press promoting Where the Wild Things Are , she is high-spirited, fast-talking, and engaged to an extent that is downright noble for someone who has been woken up early for a day of inane interviews.

Wednesday's episode of "Glee" promises more musical moments, more high school romance, more problems from the geeks in the glee club, and more of Jane Lynch's over-the-top villainous character, Sue Sylvester.

Picture an unlikely hybrid of the mockumentary goofiness popularized by Christopher Guest with works like "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Best in Show" and the call-to-action imperative of a Discovery Channel documentary.

The subject of what's permissible for children is apropos since the Canadian-born actress voices negative, neurotic Judith, one of the titular creatures in director Spike Jonze's dark but resonant Where the Wild Things Are, which opens Friday.

In 10 Words or Less None more entertaining Reviewer's Bias* Loves: Basically anything these three do Likes: Concert films Dislikes: When DVDs aren't in Dobly Hates: Stuff these three aren't involved in The Show I'll say right off the bat that this is probably going to be one of my least biased reviews to date.

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October 7, 2009 - MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

Each week, The Daily Beast scours the cultural landscape to choose three top picks.

The hardest part about making a "mockumentary" film is creating a false reality and selling it as reality.

In his fourth Broadway outing, Michael McKean taps into a whole new side of his very versatile persona.

Here's how nasty Jane Lynch 's character in "Glee" will get in the coming weeks: Lynch feels a need to remind one her castmates that she's only acting.

" This Is Spinal Tap ," the cult-classic mockumentary that tracks a heavy metal band's efforts to turn their lives "up to 11," is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

A popular YouTube clip of a group of Lego characters playing a song made famous by the satirical rock legends Spinal Tap, has been banned from use in an anniversary DVD.

A popular YouTube clip of a group of Lego characters playing a song made famous by the satirical rock legends Spinal Tap, has been banned from use in an anniversary DVD.