Naturally, let me take a quick moment to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas.
Santa Claus was very good to yours truly and the rest of my brood.....Its times like this that make me realize just how good the Lord has been to me.
As I'd been mentioning, I had a chance to watch a few movies the last few days and I thought I'd pass along some recommendations.
1) Superbad: Wow. This might be one of the filthiest movies I've ever seen and its so vulgar that I had to play a rare card with my teenage daughter. I told her it was too dirty for her. That's a very, very rare card that I don't like to play unless I have too. If you have a teenager, certainly don't watch it with them!! Your face will be beet red with embarassment.
Oh yeah, its flatout hilarious, maybe the funniest movie of the year---and you'll laugh your ass off. Just make sure your kids don't see you doing it. *****
2) A Christmas Story: A holiday classic that I make sure I see every year around Christmas time. The now timeless story of 9 year old Ralphie, set during the mid 40's somewhere in the midwest (Indiana?) and his near obsessive quest for a Red Ryder BB gun ("You'll shoot your eye out kid!"). Its both sarcastic and heart warming, and the great Darren McGavin is joined by Melinda Dillon as the parents that seemingly everyone remember THEIR parents being exactly like. Except for the leg lamp of course. ("Its a major award!") *****
3) The Simpson's Movie: Okay, first off, I laughed. Of course I did. There were some funny topical jokes (some very good political jokes naturally).....but overall it felt like a Simpson's episode that went on just a little bit too long. Sort of disappointing. **1/2
4) Eastern Promises: This movie about the Russian mob in London just came out on DVD. Allow me to offer some advice. Go get this movie right now. It seems as though every ethnicity has their very own "Godfather"---the original for the Italians of course, maybe Miller's Crossing for the Irish....and this is the Russian version. Viggo Mortensen continues to show that his terrific turns in the Lord of the Rings saga and History of Violence wasn't a fluke, and that he might well be the best actor of his generation.
Seriously. This story about a Russian prostitute's diary and the effect it has on the local mob boss (Armin Mueller Stahl--terrific) and his son is perhaps the best movie of the year and features one of the great fight scenes in cinematic history, as a naked (and I mean as in Full Monty naked) Mortensen fights for his life in a bath house against two thugs armed with knifes. Its brutal and violent and realistic and sets a new standard in movie's for hand to hand combat. ****** A terrific--DO NOT MISS--classic.
Later,
Jeff
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