Slick, smooth, a little cold...

Day four of winter break, and I'm four movies - currently suffering through the horror that is Soul Plane - into my journey. It's been a good break so far...

Today's first movie was The Ice Harvest with John Cusack. It's a dark movie and not always a funny one. It's a pretty good modern film noir, something that John Cusack hasn't dropped for us in a long while. He's been a little trapped with the light-hearted romantic comedy, but this is a good return to dark form for Cusack.

We open on Christmas Eve with Cusack and Billy Bob Thorton making off with $2 million from Cusack's boss and the two planning their getaway on Christmas morning. The boss gets wind of things and sends a knee-breaker to check on things. The evening is spent by the two trying to avoid and then take care of the knuckle-scraper.

And then we meet the femme fatale that makes this a true noir. She's a doozy, twisting the two leads around her finger.

In the end, then, the bad end unhappily and the good unluckily. Some folks were pleased with the turnout and others really weren't. I enjoyed the ride.