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The omnivore's dilemma
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the omnivore's dilemma
Pleased to Eat You
(2.6/5)
6mn - Animation
A hungry lion is captured, shortly after being tricked by a hunter. He escapes his cage and robs a hot dog stand. A chase ensues when the police pursue him.
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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
5mn - Animation, Comedy
Two cavemen, The Duke and Stonejaw Steve, call on Miss Araminta Rockface. The hated rivals fight, and Steve wins when he throws The Duke into a pot of boiling water. A title card introduces a third rival,…
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The Old Shell Game
(3.8/5)
7mn - Animation
A starving wolf tries to find something to eat but keeps striking out. He even tries to cook a turtle.
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A Fantastical Meal
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.
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I Am Omega
90mn - Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a plague-ravaged Los Angeles overrun by cannibalistic mutants, a lone survivor named Renchard fights daily to stay alive while desperately searching for radio signals and a cure. When he encounters oth…
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Much Ado About Mutton
(3.6/5)
7mn - Animation
The big bad wolf is hungry and thinks lamb-chops would fill his need, so he puts the a snatch of a couple of Uncle Blackie's fleecy-white nephews. Uncle Blackie takes offense at this and dispatches the wo…
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When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."
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A Self-Made Mongrel
(3/5)
7mn - Animation
A wealthy eccentric owns a talking mongrel dog, and the dog, deciding to upgrade his pedigree, decides he is a born watch-dog. The owner puts on a mask with the intention of breaking into his own house an…
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Molly Moo-Cow and Robinson Crusoe
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Molly Moo-Cow washes to shore on an island, the one occupied by Robinson Crusoe. Much of the short is Crusoe extolling the virtues of the solitary life, Molly trying to ingratiate herself to Crusoe and Cr…
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Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary
Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency,…
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The Pollinators
(3.7/5)
93mn - Documentary
Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard, pollinating the crops that we eat.
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Grizzly
(2.6/5)
91mn - Horror, Adventure, Thriller
An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the intr…
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Lamb
(3.2/5)
93mn - Drama
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his…
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The Farm
80mn - Thriller, Mystery, Horror
The young couple Nora and Alec are on their way back from a long road trip. In a desert town they want to take a break, but when they wake up the next morning, they are no longer in the motel where they …
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Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
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Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies
59mn - Comedy
In his first hour-long comedy special, award-winning comedian Paul Ogata takes it upon himself to solve the world's problems by exposing the lies of modern society, including the Ebola scare, food allergi…
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The Dinner
120mn - Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation re…
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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
90mn - Documentary
Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured positions by those who believe in Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Don't Say Its Name
84mn - Horror, Thriller
After environmental activist Kharis Redwater is called back to the living world by her mother Mary Lynn after a questionable “accident” that cost Kharis her life, an ancient spirit is reborn outside of a …
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Dawg Gawn
(3.2/5)
6mn - Animation
Pal so much wants to go to school with Audrey, but she shoos him away. Audrey then has to rescue Pal from a sadistic dogcatcher.
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Related terms
the omnivore's dilemma
the bourne dilemma
See also
michael pollan
the chimp paradox book
the bourne dilemma
books by richard dawkins
the paradox of choice
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