Yeah, I passed over Scorsese's The Departed in order to see Trailer Park Boys before Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. I'm told I should hand in my film aficionado card because of this unconscionable act. I'll see the much-ballyhooed film this weekend, though I also have to catch The Science of Sleep and Scott Thompson's comedy show on Friday.

Oh and about Trailer Park Boys: it's really quite funny and well-shot for 16mm. Series creator Mike Clattenburg has done a good job making a film that still respects its no-budget TV roots yet is visually interesting enough for the casual filmgoer and hardcore fan. The subtle references to other Canadian films and a tracking shot that pays hommage to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange are great fun and clever too. I love Jim Lahey's "shit" rants and Ricky's malapropisms are always memorably stupid. And it's earned over $1.5 million in its first weekend, a record for a Canadian film (and no. 11 at the North American box office, no mere feat for a Canadian film on only 181 screens). Hopefully Trailer Park Boys can topple Bon Cop, Bad Cop as the highest-grossing Canadian film ever. Now that would be greasy!