i know everything about film. i've seen over 240 of them.
What's a TV addict to do when the writers are on strike and beloved shows are going bye-bye?
Why, turn to DVDs, of course.
And because the holiday season is here again, we'll pass the next month curled up on the couch with some old favorites: "A Christmas Carol," of course (the Alastair Sim version, naturally), "A Christmas Story," "It's a Wonderful Life," "White Christmas," "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (and all those other stop-motion classics) ... and my personal favorite holiday movie, "Christmas in Connecticut."
I find lots of people haven't seen "Christmas in Connecticut," but it's the best of the bunch. Rent it -- if you're in the Berkshires, hit up Hollywood Video, from which I always used to rent it before I finally got it on DVD last year -- or, heck, buy it, because you'll just want to see it again next year.
In this black-and-white romantic comedy, Barbara Stanwyck plays a fake Martha Stewart-type magazine writer who has to open her lovely farmhouse to a war veteran and her nothing-but-the-truth editor at Christmas. Her problem? She lives in a crummy apartment in New York. Of course, her smarmy suitor has a farm in Connecticut, so they light out for the country, where the madcap merriment commences.
I have a feeling I might have recommended "Christmas in Connecticut" last year, but I also have a feeling no one took my suggestion. Come on, have some holiday spirit and watch it.