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Disc includes: Unrated version, theatrical version, deleted scenes, outtakes, MTV Making Of Special featurette

For people who love a good show title: Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman

I know, I thought the same thing when its name first crossed my eyes: Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. Intriguing… I dug a little deeper and discovered it was a documentary series that aired originally on the Science Channel last summer. Told in eight parts, the series tackled some of science’s big, messy questions like whether time travel is possible and why Morgan Freeman would narrate a science series.

I was interested enough in the show and opted to check out an episode or two. I ended up watching the premiere, which dug into the creation of the universe and whether it was formed by random chance or with divine hands. Airing on Science Channel, I expected the documentary to be pro-coincidence. The episode, however, lent credibility to both sides.

It did so through three segments. The first centered around a physicist slash big-time surfer in Hawaii who thinks he’s close to figuring out a unifying theory that brings together gravity, electromagnetism, weak and strong forces under one mathematical umbrella. Doing so would explain how these forces maintain a balance and how, I guess, they came to be. Honestly, the segment was the most theoretical of the three and, hence, the most confusing.

Segment two had to do with a man who operates research out of a university basement and whose subjects say can feel the presence of God through a janky bike helmet. What looked like little more than the yellow head protectors used on Legends of the Hidden Temple with wirings and other plugins, his God helmet concentrates on a region of the brain (the right, creative side), which, when tapped, allows subjects to feel a presence in an otherwise empty, dark room. The results support his hypothesis that God isn’t in the heavens, but in our brains.

The final segment, I think, happened to be the most thoughtful. It supposed our universe is controlled by, what else, a computer programmer. Essentially we’re The Sims (who are aware of their existence, but not of the “big picture.”) Though utterly radical, the segment is the only one of the three that I’m still turning over in my head.

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For vandals: Exit Through the Gift Shop

If I saved even more time for documentaries, I probably would have seen Exit Through the Gift Shop by now. It was a favorite among a staffer or two here at BOP, was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards and maintains a healthy 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Directed by British graffiti artist Banksy, Exit Through the Gift Shop documents the weird story of Frenchman Thierry Guetta. The jury’s still out, however, on the docu’s validity. Some think Guetta’s evolution into pop artist Mr. Brainwash is a hoax.

Disc includes: B movie: An exclusive film about the “art of Banksy,” deleted scenes, Life Remote Control featurette

March 8, 2011

Blu-ray
Adventures with Purpose: Greece
Adventures with Purpose: Hong Kong
Colors Of Nature: Four Seasons / Sunrises & Sunset
Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season 1, Part 4
Enchanting Garden: Flowers & Gardens / Zen Garden
Every Day
Excalibur
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Four Lions
Heart: Night at Sky Church
IMAX: Straight Up - Helicopters In Action
Inside Job
Jackass 3
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
The Man From Nowhere
The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus
Morning Glory
Nature: Birds of the Gods
Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
The Next Three Days DVD + Suspense/Crime/Action
Noble Giants: Rocky Mountains / California Redwood
Pacific Wonderland: Olympic Rainforest / Pacific C
The Reef
Rivers & Tides
Super Bowl XLV Champions: Green Bay Packers
Tropical Getaway: Hawaii / Costa Rica
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
World's Most Beautiful Mountains / Most Beautiful

DVD
The Chaperone (Rental)
Every Day
Exit Through the Gift Shop (DVD +)
Four Lions
Hannah Montana Forever: The Final Season
Heart: Night at Sky Church
Inside Job
Jackass 3
The Man From Nowhere
Morning Glory
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: XX (Set)
Nature: Birds of the Gods
The Next Three Days
Super Bowl XLV Champions: Green Bay Packers
Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season

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