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With the Independent Film Festival in full swing, Bostonist is taking full advantage of the 90-plus movies on tap this week, and all just to let you know what to give a "yay," "nay," or "I never want to hear of this movie again." Thankfully, this year's festival has proven to be a solid collection of flicks, though unfortunately they're not all winners. Here's a sampling of what Bostonist saw last night.

The best documentaries aren't necessarily the ones that provide you with book-smarts on any given subject, but the kind that make you actually care about a subject that you normally couldn't be bothered about. It just so it happens that Best Worst Movie fits that description to a "t," and it's a film that will appeal to more than the hardcore fans of the cult movie that the documentary is based on. For most casual movie-goers, cult movies like Troll 2 are a dime a dozen, finding the right audiences, fame, and adoration decades after their initial, pitiful releases.

Ah, the Somerville Theatre. It gives you beer; AltCom gives you laughs. Together, beer and laughs are dangerous—they can make you pee your pants. Bostonist narrowly avoided a very wet debacle last night as we took in the hilarity that was AltCom. When there are four comics and the first act is already making you giggle like a schoolgirl and cross your legs desperately, you know the evening’s going to end good—but hopefully not in a way that involves pee. Unless you’re into that, or whatever. In addition to peeing opportunities, AltCom 2008's Saturday night performance boasted a bunch of comedy high rollers: the Walsh Brothers, Morgan Murphy, Jim Jeffries and Patton Oswalt.

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