all I want for Christmas: curated cinema holiday countdown #19
An Advent calendar of holiday movies to fulfill heartfelt desires.
Ice Harvest
question of the day: What non-hit of the 00s will be an acclaimed favorite by 2020?
Today’s question comes from reader Patrick, who writes: In the 80’s it was “A Christmas Story”; in the 90’s it was “The Shawshank Redemption”–both films developed into monstrous hits after their initial box office failure in the next decade. So, I must ask: what do you predict will be the film of the 00’s that … more…
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The Ice Harvest movie review
John Cusack as a neo-noir antihero? Hell yes: he’s been building to this his whole career. And now he’s done it, yanked the rug out from under us and left us to wonder just how far over he’s gone.
