The forecast for the 4th looks hot and humid. You could melt along a parade route or sweat it out over a hot grill. Or you could stay comfortably cool on the couch with a stack of movies. This week, we talk about three, let’s say, unconventionally patriotic picks: Avalon, Team America: World Police and Born on the Fourth of July.

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