Saturday, February 5, 2011

Winter recommendations

This year New England weather is brutal! Here are some wintry movies to get you through...

Alive


Think you've got it pretty bad? Watch this movie and you'll feel better about your situation. 
I had never seen this film until recently. I always heard all the bad stuff... eating people! Cannibalism!
Don't let that stop you from watching this uplifting (sorry for the cliches) and spiritual movie- it was great!
It's about a rugby team from Uruguay who's plane crashes deep into the snowy mountains of Chile. In winter. Around 30 or so survive the crash with barely any food and hardly any winter clothes. The question isn't HOW they survive but the WILL to survive such an incredible ordeal.

Here are more great chilly movies...

The Shining.
One of my all time favorite horror flicks. So scary!


The Thing.
This is another super scary movie. "the thing" is an alien creature that can mimic the looks of any living person or animal that it kills. Creepy!



Smilla's Sense of Snow.
A great murder/mystery.



Fargo.
Another classic. Lovable and detestable characters all rolled into one.



The Ice Storm.
A very unperfect family movie.



30 Days of Night.
Sometimes you falsely accuse a movie of being cheesy (maybe having to do with Josh Hartnett) then rent them on Netflix and realize you should have seen it in the theater! This was one of those movies for me. A good vampire flick and a great performance by Danny Huston who is one of my favorite actors.



Cold Mountain.
Actually I didn't really like this one, but you might.








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