For some cinephiles there is nothing quite like the midnight show: the obsessive film worship of the gathered faithful guarantees no cellphone usage, no outright tomfoolery, and the only talking done after the lights go down is in the worthy service of appraising the previews. Indeed, in this era of going to the movies these niceties are like manna from heaven- it is worship, and it is good. Tonight will be my fourth midnight premiere, after the three Star Wars prequels (Return of the King was shown at 10 PM as part of the LOTR marathon back in 2003 so it doesn't count), and this honor will be going to Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong, allegedly the movie of the year (the film of the year is apparently Brokeback Mountain, hoorah). A review will be forthcoming...
Also worthy of mention this week: Howard Stern on The Daily Show tonight, and an annual Chrismukkah episode on Thursday's OC. The 7th season of The Simpsons on DVD also landed today (I sold some DSL's at work so I had some extra cash-sue me) and it is excellent. Magnificent. The '95-96 season was vintage (on which I will expound later once I've digested the set)... vintage.
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