X-MAS REVIEW:BEETLE GETS LOST IN HOME ALONE 2

Hey there Beetle-heads!!!

Since there's only one more day till X-MAS I've decided that from now on I'm only going to post reviews of X-MAS films. Today, I start out with HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK.

Kevin Mcallister is back, and this time he's not home alone, but alone in one of the biggest cities on Earth: NYC. His family has decided to spend X-mas Vacation down in Miami, a prospect that little Kevin is not too happy about. So when he mistakingly boards the wrong plane and winds up in NYC, he thinks his dreams have come true. Unfortunately, The Wet Bandits from the first film are loose in NYC as well and when these 3 people are stuck together in one big city, trouble is bound to follow.

Home Alone 2 builds on the tradition of the first film, but makes the wise decision of sticking Kevin in a new, bigger, more dangerous environment and giving him the tools to survive in it.

The film's first half or so starts out slow, but once Kevin makes it to NYC the fun begins. We get to see Kevin bamboozle a high-end hotel and its incompetent staff, make friends with a pigeon lady in Central park, and have numerous run ins with the Wet Bandits. It's all great fun to watch, but like the first film this one also is injected with several creepy scenes that add to the overall atmosphere.

The Wet Bandits were one of my favorite things about the first film and it feels good to see them back in action in this one. In Home Alone 2 The Bandits are trying to move up in the world. Their plan is to rob a big Toy Store on Christmas Eve, but there's a slight twist that raises the stakes higher than they were in the first film.


Overall Home alone 2 is a great film that has always been one of my X-Mas Favorites. It's filled with fun, humor, creepiness, and a few good lessons about love and family. It has everything that a good X-mas film needs to succeed, and it succeeds brilliantly.

4 Stars/5 stars

BEETLE FINDS AN ONLINE SHORT: SANTA INTERROGATED

Hey there Beetleheads! It's your Ghost host with the most-most here: BEETLEJUICE. Today I come bearing an early X-Mas Present for all you fans out there. It's a special Holiday Short that I found onlune. (O.K., so technically its a mash-up, but WHO CARES??)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp19qiash2U&feature=player_embedded

Yep, if this doesn't get you into the Holiday mood I don't know what will...except, maybe this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxBXm7ZUTM

BEETLE'S BUG JUICE: DARTH VADER+ SALVATION ARMY= DEATH???

That's right folks, you read that header correctly. Darth Vader HAS been sighted helping the Salvation Army collect their yearly christmas Donations. Normally I would be tempted to contact the closest local unit of the Rebel Alliance, but seeing that he's ACTUALLY DOING GOOD I'm willing to let bygones be bygones and let this one slide. If, however, I find that he's begun building a 2nd death star...then it's WAR!!!

For the full story here's the link: http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=383192

Till then I'm Beetlejuice and you've just been bugged.