It's not a Misnomer . . .

. . . Mr. Fox truly is fantastic. We saw Fantastic Mr. Fox over Thanksgiving weekend, and our family is united in our adoration of the flick. I thought it was the perfect blend of old and new. The audio track for the movie was filmed on location. The filmmakers dragged the actors out of the studio and had them deliver their lines in places like open fields and barns. Each character was a handmade puppet, not animated digitally. We are all inspired and we want to make puppets of our own. We all keep quoting it in our conversations. I will purchase this one when it is available on DVD.

I am looking forward to watching Everybody's Fine. Ten years ago Robert and I watched the Italian version of this movie and it has been on our list of favorites ever since. As we watched the preview for the Hollywood version, Robert leaned over to me and (without realizing what the title of the movie was) whispered "looks like somebody's ripping off Everybody's Fine." Imagine our surprise at the end of the trailer when, in fact, that was exactly what the movie was called. I hope they didn't mess it up too bad.

Also, this movie looks awesome. I cannot wait. Some people may have no desire to watch a movie about babies, but I am not one of those people. I may or may not have been all choked up during the preview. Please watch the trailer for it and then tell me you will go see it with me. (I may even be willing to drive to your town and make a weekend out of it.)

Let's see, what else. Modern Family makes me laugh out loud. (The stepmother character . . . the amazingly gorgeous one . . . yeah, that's what my sisters in law look like. I'm not kidding. We're talking random people stop them on the street and ask them to be in commercials. Bee Eee AaaaYoutiful.)

And Finally, a few weeks ago, I discovered something else. After the kids went to school, I sat down to fold some laundry and turned on the television. (Recently, we rearranged our furniture and our television loves its new home. We get, like, FOUR stations now. Livin' the lap o' luxury, I tells ya.) So, I discovered Bernie Mac. America, how long have you been keeping this gem of a comedian to yourself? He's funny. Oh, wait, when I googled him so that I could link to him, I found out that he's no longer with us. As in he's dead. He died of a massive heart attack. That's sad. I wonder why so many great comedians die early deaths? John Belushi, John Candy, Chris Farley, Gilda Radner, Mitch Hedberg, Richard Pryor, and that's only what I could come up with off the top of my head.

(When I asked Robert for the name of the actress on Modern Family, he said Julie Bowen and named a bunch of other stuff she's done. I corrected him and asked for the name of the gorgeous actress. And he said "She is the gorgeous actress on that show." He's so cool.)