"actually just a collection of" → "effectively merely an assembly of", "simply a compilation of", "nothing more than a gathering of".

This process continues for the entire text. Each word (excluding proper nouns) needs three synonyms in spintax. For example, "featurette" becomes "short piece|brief segment|minute cut". "Making of the film" could be "production of the movie|creation of the cinematic work|construction of the filmic narrative".

a thing or two – some things, a few things, certain things.