Winter Movie List
Time has changed and the days are getting shorter and shorter. I really hate that. But there is good news tonight. In less than 7 weeks, the days will start to get longer again. So to help you through the winter doldrums, here is my recommended winter movie viewing list. My criteria are very simple: a good story, and the movie must take you to a different time or place. Enjoy. 1) Blazing Saddles : Mel Brooks single handedly stunted the growth of political correctness by years in this 1974 comic tour de force. It’s marked with stellar performances by Gene Wilder, the late Cleavon Little, and the late Madeline Kahn in one of her best roles as Lili Von Shtupp, the Teutonic Titwillow. Never again will you hear those immortal words: “The Sheriff is a nig…..” 2) Ghosts of Mississippi: Alec Baldwin and Whoopee Goldberg almost made me turn liberal in this powerful story about the criminal prosecution of Byron De La Beckwith for the murder of Medgar Evers 30 years after the fact. Jam