the curmudgeonly movie lover’s unpleasant Advent calendar: December 8
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Christmas Story
what are your favorite (and must-see) holiday movies?
Which perhaps little-known holiday movies — or movies not often considered holiday movies — would you recommend to others who may have missed them?
QOTW: What would you be proud to win a major award for?
What are you so good at that, sure, dammit, you deserve some big, splashy recognition?
Raiders of the Lost Ark. in black and white. total cinemagasm (and other adventures in social networking)
Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
more evidence that Nathan Fillion is awesome (not that you needed any) (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
watch it: Ferris Bueller sells Hondas
I feel like Ralphie being told by Little Orphan Annie to drink my Ovaltine. A lousy commercial?
Friday night fortune cookie: Ralphie says…
“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.”
watch it: John Lewis Christmas ad
Oh my god, this is lovely. Fantastic little story, wonderful performance from the little boy…
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (trailer)
It’s like every cherished holiday movie wrapped in one festive fantasy package.
question of the day: What is your favorite foodie movie, or foodie scene in a movie?
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…”
