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Bad Movies or Bust April 12, 2010 Films about fresh-faced farm kids who come to Hollywood in search of stardom, only to have their dreams shattered and their dignity misplaced. Slate V explores some of the worst movies about ...

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When Animals Attack! February 17, 2010 Slate V’s "bad movies curator," Mark Jordan Legan, explores the '70s film genre in which animals from bees to bunnies turn on humans. Part of our series on "The Worst Cinematic Crap ...

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TV’s Worst Christmas Specials December 15, 2009 What do you get when you try to mix heartwarming holiday programming with Star Wars? An intergalactic train wreck. Slate V chronicles TV’s worst Christmas specials.

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Vampires, Goblins, and Trolls, Oh My! October 27, 2009 Mark Jordan Legan shines a light on some of the worst Halloween movies of all time.

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Bad Kiddie Movies, Part 2 September 28, 2009 Mark Jordan Legan revisits the truly dreadful kiddie flick Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972). It’s part of our occasional series on the worst cinematic crap that's ever been made.

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Bad Movies: Kiddie Flicks Pt. 1 September 28, 2009 Part of our occasional series on the worst cinematic crap that’s ever been made. Today, Mark Jordan Legan presents Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters, a scary kiddie flick from 1965.

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When Animals Attack! September 28, 2009 Slate V’s "bad movies curator," Mark Jordan Legan, explores the '70s film genre in which animals from bees to bunnies turn on humans. Part of our series on "The Worst Cinematic Crap ...

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Product Placement’s Pinnacle September 28, 2009 Not content simply to rip off E.T., the 1988 movie Mac and Me also marked a low point in product integration (including a musical number in a McDonald’s). As part of our series on epically bad ...

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Bad Movies: International Buffet September 28, 2009 In Slate V’s ongoing effort to bring you the worst in world cinema, our bad-movies curator, Mark Jordan Legan, has a sampling of good vs. evil epics from China, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

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Bad Movies: Oscar Slumming September 28, 2009 On the brink of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, Slate V's bad-movies curator, Mark Jordan Legan, zeroes in on Oscar-winning actors who have gone on to roles in truly wretched films.

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Bad Movies: Oscar Slumming September 28, 2009 On the brink of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, Slate V's bad-movies curator, Mark Jordan Legan, zeroes in on Oscar-winning actors who have gone on to roles in truly wretched films.

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Bad Movies: Leprechaun Flicks September 28, 2009 In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we offer an Irish smorgasbord of bad movies like Leprechauns in the Hood. Mark Jordan Legan is your guide to "The Worst Cinematic Crap That's Ever Been Made."

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The Worst Beach Movies Ever Made September 28, 2009 Sex, monsters, a beach that devours people alive, O.J.'s houseguest. All this and more can be found in one of Hollywood’s oldest genres, the beach movie. Mark Jordan Legan introduces us ...

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Why Blackface? September 28, 2009 In the action comedy "Tropic Thunder," Robert Downey Jr. dons blackface, joining a long line of actors who have switched races on-screen. Mark Jordan Legan has one simple question: "What were ...