WAS THERE EVER ANYPLACE COLDER

Than in the scene in Dr. Zhivago where Julie Christie and Omar Shariff are holed up in the Russian palace? Amidst all that snow and isolation. In the middle of nowhere. Without any heat in the house. And snow that has fallen through the roof.

What a great romantic movie. Rod Steiger was so mean as Christie's former lover/rapist. It was long but when they played Lara's Theme, that haunting "Somewhere my Love," well, it just kinda made you want to be there even in the cold in Bolshevik Russia.

Of course when men heard the song, they thought of Julie C., and women thought of Omar S. I still watch the movie when I get a chance.

Others I at least watch a little of include "The Seven Year Itch," "No Time for Sergeants," "American Graffiti," "Sandlot" (especially the scene where Squints plays like he's drowning to get a mouth to mouth from the lifeguard) "Field of Dreams," "Shallow Hal," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "A Man and a Woman," and about a dozen more I'm forgetting. Like "Out of Sight," when Clooney is trying to seduce Jennifer Lopez at the restaurant with snow falling outside.

Of course the list must include George Lucas, Hitchcock, and anything with Dustin Hoffman in it. Or Goldie Hawn. Or early Paul Newman. Or some Jack Nicholson.

Of course, I'm forgetting a bunch of other actors and actresses (that's rather dated now). But one thing I think I'ver never forgotten at a movie was the popcorn.