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Weekend Movie Guide: Have Yourself A Gritty Focking Christmas!
My only frames of reference for Christmas movies are Gremlins, A Nightmare Before Christmas and Bing Crosby. But it's after midnight (in Helsinki) and I'm not 14 any more, so it's back to Bing. Here we go a-caroling!
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Gritty Focking Christmas"
Universal's starving for a franchise
Threequels get green lights!
Deniro
Won't let Stiller out of his sights!
Fox tries to adapt a British satire
But they cast Jack Black!
Subtlety
Is something he has always lacked!
Halle Berry plays crazy fine
But it's no Beautiful Mind!
Can't we just watch some Bollywood?
But we'd have to take the 5!
Through the years, we've always loved the Coens
That's not stopping now!
Hang a black eye patch upon Jeff Bridge's brow!
Have yourself a Gritty Focking Christmas now...
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That's all for this week. Go be of good cheer.
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