Christmas time is weird. I mean it is lovely, and wonderful, but it is also like a black hole time warp. We took off for a week around Christmas to visit my in-laws. We came back the Monday before New Year. So I worked for one day and then had a day off. Then I worked Thursday and Friday but things were kind of slow, so there wasn’t actually much to do. Today it was so cold that none of my subcontractors came out to work so yet again a slow day.

It is hard to remember to do anything on a day like this. I almost forgot to write this article. Luckily we are still in the post-Christmas doldrums so there isn’t much coming out.

I’m on record as a pretty big David Fincher fan and Seven is one of my favorite films from him. I love a good serial killer movie and this is one of the very best. I actually just got my copy of this new 4K release of the film and I’ll be writing a review for Cinema Sentries soon so I won’t say any more.

Also out this week that looks interesting:

Yojimbo/Sanjuro 4K UHD: I’m very much on record as being an Akira Kurosawa fan. These two films star Toshiro Mifune as a masterless samurai who outwits pretty much everyone aren’t the best films from the famed director but they might be the most fun to watch.

Drag Me To Hell: Sam Raimi got his start making horror films, then he spent a decade making dramas, westerns, and three Spider-Man films. Drag Me to Hell was his return to horror. It is pretty good too. They’ve made a sequel so naturally it is now getting a 4K UHD release.

Saturday Night: I haven’t watched Saturday Night Live in decades. I periodically toss on clips from a recent show via YouTube and I never find it funny. But back in the day, I loved it. This film about the opening night of the very first show has gotten mixed reviews, but I’m somewhat intrigued.