Oh yes, Dracula! Those costumes are all amazing, even that strange armour that looks like its made out of enormous shells! I hope it doesn't make me sound too boring, but I always loved Kim Novak's grey suit in Vertigo. But so much of it has to do with all the other colours in the scenes. That grey suit would have…

If 70mm was easy to come by, it wouldn't be an exciting treat!

Diskwiss, if you had been designing costumes for North by Northwest, Eva Marie Saint would have been in cargo pants, a jean jacket, and aviator shades.

What is an epic Japanese ear cleaning? I've only ever had an ear cleaning by myself with a q-tip.

Diskwiss, if you ever get the chance to ride a crocodile, the idea is to straddle its open jaws like its a saddle.

I wish you'd been to the doctor. I hope cleaning works but I don't know, not being able to hear at all sounds like more than wax. I hope it doesn't turn out to be an infection that keeps coming back. Ears are very delicate! Your balance isn't thrown off at all by this, is it?

This is so beautiful! Its an excellent companion to the great melancholy Christmas melodies like The Coventry Carol and O Come O Come Emmanuel.

Diskwiss, all I want from you for Christmas is my own posts back.

You can't hear? You mean not at all, you can't hear anything out of your one ear? I'm glad you are going to the doctor, please let me know what you find out! Is it like a pressure thing in your head? Like when landing in a plane? I'm going to be worried about this until I know you can hear again and that its…

Diskwiss, for the last time, Kenny Loggins is not in West Side Story.

I've never really thought about the colours in West Side Story! It doesn't surprise me that you would study the movie that way! I wish I had your eye for colour! Would you like to be a costume designer? I think designing a play would be really exciting, all the costumes and sets and lighting. Imagine how…

Diskwiss, do you just need an exorcism, is that your problem?

Claudia, please watch out for those volleyballs! I hope your friend's finger isn't broken, what an awful thing to happen because of volleyball. We were forced to play basketball sometimes and I hurt my finger really badly. Gym class should just be trampolines, swinging on ropes and the jungle gym.

Peter Cushing and Basil Nosebone. They've got the best noses for it, those two. And also the profile himself, John Barrymore. Three great noses. Sherlock Holmes is 10% deductive reasoning and 90% nose.

There are some good skiing movies. Arnold Fanck and Leni Riefenstahl's Alpine adventures make skiing look like a lot of fun! In The Holy Mountain, the characters move around in skis as casually as others wear shoes!

Diskwiss, don't blame us if you are getting indigestion from our posts. You have to learn to chew and not just swallow them whole.

YES she is the best movie mum ever I think! My favourite scene is where she protects Ralphie from getting into trouble after the fight. I love when she gives Randy the milk under the sink! Also, I have to say I LOVE THAT SINK. Our sink is the part of the kitchen I dislike most. There's just no room! I would love…

If it turns out that way, remember on Christmas morning to be discreet and to not just blurt out "You're Binky from AV Club!" I think its safe to say neither of us want the whole family to start posting here, right?

You can tell what movie they're talking about by the depth of ash in the tray. Based on that photo, they're probably still in the 1920s. By the time they get to Topaz, its just two heads pressed against the ceiling buried to the neck in a mountain of ash.

I just bought a train set and some extra track for my sister for Christmas! In passing a few months ago she mentioned that she had always wanted one. I hope I heard her correctly or this will be yet another Christmas of bewildered expressions.