Finally an easy week of recommendations. Ignore Big Willie or Jim Carrey, heck ignore Doubt and its prodigious scenery chewing by everyone involved (Pssst … word is in the final tumultuous conclusion that Philip Seymour Hoffman literally starts gnawing on his desk in frustrated disbelief at what has occurred). You don’t need a feel good movie, or a comedy or blatant Oscar bait this holiday season. Instead, try something different. Like an Independent Spanish time travel film. You know, like Timecrimes.

And what could be a better gift this Christmas then the gift of Burn After Reading? You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll discover just which of your relatives is part of a League of Morons. And isn’t that what the holidays are for?

As always trailer are after the break!

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It isn’t often that I get to force Anna to watch something she has no interest in. Typically I have to find some way of piquing her interest or there simply is no way she will go. Take Midnight Meat Train, for example. While she isn’t averse to gore or horror films by any means, trying to talk her into driving 20 minutes to one of the worst areas of town to watch a film that might be terrible wasn’t an easy task. But after informing her on the treatment the film was receiving from Lionsgate, she became interested enough to see if the movie really deserved to be stashed away in the far reaches of the metro area. Of course after watching it we both realized why the film isn’t getting a wide release, but you have to give her credit for making the effort. (more…)