Holiday movie preview

The current issue of Newsweek offers a recap of the holiday movie offering - as in previous years, a cheerful collection of movies we can look forward to over the next couple of months. We've got dying fathers (Biutiful), dying marriages (Blue Valentine), dying careers (The Company Men), and dead kids (always a popular theme; Rabbit Hole). Other upbeat themes include nervous breakdowns (Black Swan), ennui (Somewhere), and crooked lobbyists (Casino Jack).  It may be a good thing that I won't probably get a chance to see many of these until after New Year's - not sure I could bear all the merriment.