This is the last time I’ll write one of these columns (unless, of course, someone wants to hire me to do so), but I just wanted to mention how much fun it has been.  I know that I haven’t been doing these as frequently as I should.  My real job has been taking precedence, and now that I actually will have some time, there ain’t gonna be no Screengrab no more.  So, since we are near the end, I wanted to write a super-deluxe column.  Luckily, cable tv has made that easy by scheduling a ridiculous number of great movies in the near future!

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Ugh.  The post-Xmas blues are coming on strong.   Hell, let's drink to baby new year 2009 and get it over with!  Here's the DVR-worthy scoop for the coming week.  Times are Central/Eastern and overnight movies go with the previous day.  

Monday, December 29:

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is all wacky postmodernism, while The Sweet Hereafter is quite the opposite.  The Player is somewhere in-between, but a lot funnier.

1:30/2:30 pm: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead on IFC.
9/10 pm: The Sweet Hereafter on IFC.
11 pm/12 am: The Player on IFC.
3:05/4:05 am: The Sweet Hereafter on IFC.

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