Not much to add here, just: happy holidays, everybody!lotsa lolcats here

I pretty much got nothin’ in the way of actual movie news or insight this week, folks, so instead please enjoy Burbanked’s First Annual Christmas Elf Dance-Tacular:

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

(made at the ever-terrific JibJab; found via SpoutBlog)

I suppose that the warmth and jolly feelings of the holiday season have melted my cold, cold heart just enough to bring back Friday Meals on Reels in which we celebrate the gastronomic delights of a movie’s first screengrab in which food is seen.
And naturally, it simply wouldn’t be a true Christmas season without my [...]

I know what you’re thinking. Here I haven’t written to you in roughly 36 years, and all of a sudden I’m going to drop you a line and make a request – just like everyone else does at this time of year. And I’m sorry, Santa, but as I get older the idea of Christmas [...]

Today’s “wow” moment comes courtesy of the ever-insightful Piper at Lazy Eye Theatre who draws a pretty damn spectacular parallel between David Fincher’s terrific 1997 movie The Game and a certain oft-recreated Christmas story. This comparison never occurred to me, and it’s really a delightful discussion-starter.