December 24th, 2008
I’ll be taking a day or so off from blog posting duties to celebrate Christmas, but I’ll leave you with this image of the best Santa the big screen ever saw — Edmund Gwenn from the 1947 classic MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. Forget the awful 1990s remake, this one is the real deal — a beautifully written holiday fable that manages to be both smart and sentimental, and manages to leave the whole question of Santa’s existence up to the viewer.
Plus, you get to see Santa out of his usual red suit and into some snappier duds.
Merry Christmas, everybody!
December 24th, 2008
If you’re looking for a movie to catch after the Christmas presents are opened and the meal has been digested, then you’re in luck. Six major movies are opening in Rockford theaters on Dec. 25. I can’t promise they’re all good, but I can promise they’re all new:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MARLEY AND ME
DOUBT (not brand-new, but new to us),
THE SPIRIT,
BEDTIME STORIES
and VALKYRIE.
If you see any (or all) of these movies, why not swing by this blog and let us know what you thought. It’s not often we get such a bounty of cinema treats here in the Forest City. (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is still here too, if you’ve been wanting to check that out.)
