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If you've noticed that the past few blogs haven't been as funny or well written (who am I kidding, she does everything better than me), it's because your normal author has been licking his wounds after another Oscar beating. My desire to be able to say "I told you so" when the unexpected happens always wins out over sensibility, and I'm testing that again over the next month with my NCAA tournament bracket picks. Can you say Minnesota in the Elite Eight? Lawren's winning again after the early session, but she always starts out strong and flames out like a Hollywood marriage (too soon for Jesse and Sandra?). But I am getting to take advantage of one of the perks of being a part owner of a movie theater - late Wake Forest - Texas game on the big screen. Let's hope a change of venue will change the Deacons' luck (sorry Sadie).

Another awesome thing about co-owning a movie theater? Getting people who actually know about movies to explain what you just saw. Friday March 19th (tomorrow night) at 8pm, director of the film studies program at WFU and film critic for The Hollywood Reporter (could you have a cooler job) Peter Brunette will be here to dissect The White Ribbon. As the author of a book on director Michael Haneke, we'd venture to say he's got a good handle on things. And if any of you saw Funny Games, and were like me, you'll need to talk to someone after having your mind absolutely scrambled. To get in the mood to watch a German film, we're serving special concessions - sorry, no brats or spanferkel - but we do have a German bier (Gordon Biersch Marzen) and vine (or wine - J. Christoph Reisling).

So put on your lederhosen, practice your yodeling, and come on down!