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Lots of movies have a hero … that flawless person who always saves the day, and for the right reasons … but what about the anti-hero? The tarnished and flawed characters who emerge heroic in spite of themselves.

Friday on Up to Date: the DVD Gurus look at the traditional idea of the Hollywood hero and explore how it has changed since the middle of the twentieth century. We’ll talk about how movies like The Searchers and A Fistful of Dollars changed the way movie goers thought about them.

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He's made a film in two days.

And some people will say that it shows. Others will proudly defend the low-budget work of B-movie director Roger Corman. He even won an Honorary Academy Award in 2009 for his body of work.

High octane thrills. Open roads. Freedom. You may not be able to try the stunts at home, but you can certainly watch them there. Friday on Up to Date, the DVD Gurus, screenwriter and film professor Mitch Brian and film critic Jason Heck are back to talk cinema’s love affair with the car.

What was happening on the cinema scene a half century ago? And how have movies changed and in what ways have they remained the same?