Coming to DVD in December!

Look at all this holiday cheer! In this season of high expectations and list-making marathons, I am suggesting that you keep your expectations high and prepare your list of must-see movies!

What's a holiday season without Harry? Harry Potter has entertained us each holiday season in one way or another...on the big screen or the small screen since 2001. The newest, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, comes out on DVD on December 8th, so if you're wild about Harry, the time is near.

If you're looking for luminous amidst December's wrappings, look no further than Catherine Deneuve in A Christmas Tale. Matriarch of the dysfunctional Vuillard family, she brings everyone together at Christmas with the news that she is in need of a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. (Can a Christmastime reunion, a scheme concocted by three of the youngest family members, finally bring peace to their clan?) It a drama...it's a comedy...it's poignant...it's slapstick...in other words, it's family.  Also in December, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams bring their own brand of brilliance to the screen in Julie & Julia, and also arriving will be what I believe to be the funniest movie of 2009, The Hangover.

If you know me at all, you know that I am a huge fan of Arrested Development, therefore a month with a film with Jason Bateman (Extract) and a film with Michael Cera (Paper Heart) is a good movie month in my book. If you're looking for the squirm-factor, District 9 and Inglourious Basterds might be the direction to look (or, as in my case, looking away from the screen many (many) times as I did when I saw these two in the theater...major squirm-alerts.).

Take a look at our December - there's not a bad one in the bunch.