Rich Hall's cheesecake/STAR WARS comparison from "Continental Drifters" (2011)

International treasure Rich Hall opines about how STAR WARS hurt film in a diner in his BBC road movie special from 2011.  It may be the best pop culture diner rant that Quentin Tarantino didn't film.

Evening Entertainment: Documentary KING DONG looks at Len Cella, the creator of MORON MOVIES

Len Cella's deadpan, dumb-to-the-point-of-clever comedy resulted in a series of incredibly short self-made films, released as MORON MOVIES and MORE MORON MOVIES in the '80s, and making Cella a minor star as he and his work appeared on "The Tonight Show."  Simon Mercer's great documentary is essentially one long, fascinating interview with Cella, with a fair share of his work interspersed for good measure.

A 2011 short film about Roosevelt's moving the day of Thanksgiving

Happy day after Thanksgiving! Hope you're thankful for the day, as that comes from 1941, when President Roosevelt used an executive order to make Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.  This four and a half minute short looks (smirkingly) at the controversy of 1939, when Roosevelt made it a week earlier.  (Though, er, it wouldn't have made a difference this year.)  There are dancing Nazis.

Evening Entertainment: Tom Atkins plays a radio DJ who goes out with a bang in the short film ARRIVING AT NIGHT

Today marks the birthday of Tom Atkins, the great grizzled character actor who made the likes of NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, HALLOWEEN III and CREEPSHOW such memorable flicks.  ARRIVING AT NIGHT, a short film from director Andrew Ford, is a much more character-based film, as Atkins plays a Pittsburgh radio DJ on his final night on the air.  He's got a special guest in the form of his replacement, and the resulting conversation is an interesting discussion about nostalgia, sports and radio.