Now,. if you're a snob, and don't enjoy movies without subtitles, Rick, you'd probably never try Shrek. To my mind, it is the funiest, most-layered, re-watchable movie that's come out in many years. But it's a movie, not a "film".

Another movie I can watch endlessly is Tender Mercies with probably my favorite actor, Robert DuVall.

But, I'm with you about Blockbuster. If there isn't a car explosion in the first ten minutes of the movie, they're not likely to have a copy. Unfortunately, the Mom and Pop video stores around here keep getting swallowed up by Blockbuster. There's a chain around here, Hollywood that has five day rentals on all of their movies, and they at least have a modest selction of old favorites.

Today, we've got a blizzard raging outside. Might be a good day to watch the Theater version of The Shining. Or, maybe for a change of environment, The first Jurassic Park movie.

A couple of nights ago, we watched Life As A House, which I highly recommend, and a day or so earlier watched Amelie. My wife hates movies with subtitles, so she had a hard time getting in to it, and it has almost fairy tale fantasy sections in it, so if you're literal minded, it's probably not the best movie. I enjoyed it a lot more the day after I watched it..

Jerry