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Who’s the certified circumcised private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? Meet Semitic Super Stud, Mordechai Jefferson Carver, a.k.a. the Hebrew Hammer (Adam Goldberg). When a psychotic Santa (Andy Dick) tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copies of the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” it’s up to the Hebrew Hammer to save the day.

Like any exploitation film, The Hebrew Hammer pitches stereotypes like flaming fastballs at a knowing audience. But it would be wrong to say that Kesselman, by creating a “Shaft” with peyos, is satirizing the Blaxploitation genre. Instead, Kesselman is honoring the genre, proud that he, too has made a picture with a built-in audience in mind.

Written and directed by Jonathan Kesselman, “The Hebrew Hammer” was shot on 33 New York City locations in 22 days in the spring of 2002. Kesselman’s brother, Josh Kesselman of Jericho Entertainment, produced the film with R&BFM’s Lisa Fragner and ContentFilm’s Sofia Sondervan. ContentFilm’s Edward R. Pressman and John Schmidt are executive producers.

It’s a great concept - and the Gentile Invaders game is frighteningly addictive.

Beyond controversy

Andres Serrano is one of America’s most mythologized contemporary artists. To many, he’s the man responsible for Piss Christ and a national scandal over government funding of controversial art. For those who look beyond the headlines, he’s a highly accomplished and ever-evolving photographic artist showing us the ordinary in extraordinary ways. With his post-Piss Christ series, Nomads, he made studio portraits of New York’s ethnic homeless and juxtaposed them with members of the Ku Klux Klan. In the Morgue series he dissected violent death and found the human thread on the coroner’s slab, while A History of Sex explored the human mating urge in its infinite variety.

Andres Serrano considers America his greatest achievement. Three years of work produced over one hundred 50-by-60-inch photographic portraits representing the cultural diversity of this immigrant country, as filtered through the critical lens of Serrano. There are celebrities: Arthur Miller, Snoop Dogg, Anna Nicole Smith, B.B. King, Vanessa del Rio; and ordinary citizens: a pimp, a boy scout, a doctor, a Russian Orthodox Bishop. America is intimate, honest, and demanding of response, like all Serrano’s work. The second half of this big volume, Other Work, is a retrospective of Serrano’s previous photographic series. Together these two impressive halves create the whole of Andres Serrano’s artistic oeuvre.

In 1989 US Senator Jesse Helms accused Andres Serrano of taunting the American people. America and Other Work is the perfect rebuttal.

In 1979, in Newcastle upon Tyne, a 19-year-old DHSS clerk called Chris Donald, his old school friend Jim Brownlow and his 15-year-old brother Simon published a new comic called Viz. The Bumper Monster Christmas Special (actually just twelve pages) was priced 20p (or 30p to students) and the entire 150 copy print-run fitted in a single cardboard box. They took about half to the pub and sold out so fast they had to run home and get the rest - by the end of night they’d sold every single one. A decade later, Viz was selling a million copies per issue. Since its creation, Viz has been pushing the boundaries of good (or bad) taste with its cartoon icons including the Fat Slags, Roger Mellie and Sid the Sexist and one-off features like the rather popular ‘Find Kylie’s Bottom’. Spread initially by word of mouth, it became a national bestseller which found a unique place in the affections of the British public. In this celebration of their incredible 25 years and all things Viz, William Cook (editor of Tragically I Was An Only Twin) tells the fascinating story of the comic and its creators. Following all the comic legends from rough conception to their glorious antics in the 21st century, this is the ultimate collection of Viz genius. This has it all, the lawsuits, the scandals, the readers letters (’The page you write and every week it’s shite’), the Celebrity Photo Love Stories, Top Tips and much, much more.

Viz is 25 years old and still shite!

But - which characters such as Spoilt Bastard, Roger Mellie, The Modern Parents and the (recently demised) Fat Slags - it’s still some of the funniest shite you’ll find in a newsagent.

Admittedly, its circulation has fallen since the magazine’s 1980s heyday, but it’s influence extends far beyond its readership - to magazines such as Loaded which was directly inspired by Viz to tabloids such as the Daily Mail which increasingly looks like a Viz parody.

A specially created box set containing all 7 Seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer in limited edition numbered packaging. Also includes a letter from series creator Joss Whedon, a book containing episode information and a run-down of Joss Whedon’s favourite episodes. Over 100 hours of vampire ass-kicking action across 39 discs.

Buffy is one of the best things to come out of the US in a long time. With great characters and engaging plots, it was one of the few series worth staying in for. And now, you can enjoy the whole thing over and over again.

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From Bill Plympton to Pixar Studios: a roundup of today’s best animation

The artists behind the cartoons are the focus of this sweeping study that brings you everything you ever wanted to know about today’s best animation specialists. We’ve rounded up about 80 of the world’s most prominent artists/studios and arranged them from A to Z, including examples and descriptions of their work as well as biographies filmographies, bibliographies, lists of awards received, and contact information. Profiles of the world’s best animation schools are also provided.

Bonus DVD: featuring examples of work, ‘making of’, commercials, trailers, and a selection of artist/studio reels