
the curmudgeonly movie lover’s unpleasant Advent calendar: December 8
Click or tap for a taste of the cynicism of the season! The perfect antidote to all the fa-la-la-la-la!
Click or tap for a taste of the cynicism of the season! The perfect antidote to all the fa-la-la-la-la!
Which perhaps little-known holiday movies — or movies not often considered holiday movies — would you recommend to others who may have missed them?
What are you so good at that, sure, dammit, you deserve some big, splashy recognition?
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
I feel like Ralphie being told by Little Orphan Annie to drink my Ovaltine. A lousy commercial?
“Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.”
Oh my god, this is lovely. Fantastic little story, wonderful performance from the little boy…
It’s like every cherished holiday movie wrapped in one festive fantasy package.
I think my very favorite is the prison cooking scene in GoodFellas: “He had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used a razor and he used to slice it so thin that it used to liquefy in the pan with just a little oil…”