Show WPWI! '' V WliaiinsideTliislMeek' uiM' 2003 19 Get out your hobbit ears or just see It at a matinee 5 Cache 1 Fromtheleditor Page : Let The whatever The blessed holiday is finally upon us and I know! speak for more ' than a few ofyoU out there when I say it’s almost over ' The huge headline on the cover of this magazine pretty much sums it up Leave it to Charles Dickens to define all of the holiday angst that has increasingly got-- ten worse since his halcyon 18th- -' -- i ' hose at the problem and lavish his friends and family with a giant feast : and audacious gifts What about the rest of us? Is it rigid we should max our credit cards for one day of egre- gious consumption? Something that I’m pretty sure has about as much to do with a certain manger in Bethlehem as the Cat in the Hat has to do with a cer-- ' V tain manger in Bethlehem me apologize in advance for the “Othello” pun on p 10 With that out of the way Id’s talk turkey or Christmas Ham or gome or Herald 2 18 Getting down to the end of holiday community stuff Friday ' ' And hoe’s something else that has nothing tp do with a certain manger in Bethlehem the economy Strangely if we don’t do our part via the purchase of gifts that people don’t even need the DOW won’t reach 10000 1 don’t even know what the DOW is but I’m pretty - sure it has Century days nothing to do with my “spe- The truth is Scrobge had it right He cial" checking account y1-didn’t need to be saved from his own I think it all starts with Scrooge’s sentiments He surely redemption Somehow it became possi- should have kicked an extra lump of V ble to erase lifetime of scorn and coal Bob Cratchit's way but all those neglect with a shopping parties and goings on and carefully our national economy is spreeNow ' chosen gifts who needs it? based xm a descendant of Even his nedeniption was a bit hol- that street urdnn’s tr(p to the butcher-sholow Can you afford to wake up one Again Manger Bethlehem morning all redeemed and tell the nearV to do with it Nothing V the est street urchin to grab' biggest bah So humbug! goose in the butcher shop? like the !' Kids can still like Christmas I guess butcher shop is even openon v but not if they start mixing in the Cat in Christmas And what land of redemp:The Hat as a holiday icon is it tion ifhe supports keeping the butcher at Workon the blessed day? That is right out yV'v ' — JaremyPiigh Scrooge could just spray his money Cache Magazine editor 8 Gun to Shogun? Continuing film 3 4 5 My bdyfrierid Of The Full Monty” In the tradition British steel workers who bare : :: all comes “Calendar Girls" based on i a true story about late middle-age- d ' British women who do everything BUT die Full Monty ' That is they want to strip down for a charity calendar but don’t want anyone to see anything uh specific The nudity idea is concocted by Chris the brash member of a stufiy wmnen’s club who is tired of annual charity calendars that feature flowers and bridges Chris is played by Helen Mirren who at 58 is still very purr- ' worthy skin ' Chns is inspired by the' sori’s under she finds her magazine bed and the seminude calendar she' spies hanging in a mechanic shop But those feature supple young girls and Chris seems to be feeling a bit insecure about her own age ' Then her friend Annie (played by Julie Walters Ron Weasley’s motiier in the 'Hatty Potter” movies) discovers i husband John that her sweet-naiuris Alderton) dying of leukemia (John John a gudoier had planned to give a speech to their women’s club about the flowers of Yorkshire His speech “The flowers of are like the women of each Stage of their life is Yorkshire more beautiful than the next” is read to die group by' Chris in a tnily heait- - ' : j': y-- W y ail : - ' X-rat-ed ed sister’s boyfriend Mei'Gibson: My : : ’ : breaking scene after John dies ' ' His words inspire her to show others that there is still beauty mystique and majesty in the body ofan older woman and she sets out to organize tier own nude calendars A lot of the comedy comes from die cldet women fretting about how much ' to re'eaL how much to hide behind V pastry confections and who should be aljowed in the room when the picture is taken (At first they want die pho--: tographer to peek through a keyhole Hu camera can be on die other side of the door though) Most of the gags are relatively tame : —- one gal guzzles wine before her shoot another worries about her hid- den tattoo — and there are some sub-' plots about a cheating husband that add a little fire but feel contrived Mirren plays the most daring of the models and isn’t afraid to have some fun with her bare-a- ll scenes But dip others remain relatively hidden which saps some of the boldness from this story that purports to Mast timidity “Calendar Girls” has some sweetly ' funny moments but it may be too tasteful for its own good V- - so-call- - Daddy : My big brother ' ed Christmas Carol Traostoru My with the subject see your 5f avoritessendan line "My 5" to jpughOhjnewscom I’ll randomly select a list each week Include your name age and city ot residence C’mon give it a whirl (Or is jt whorl?) 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