tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post5541187273362831864..comments2024-03-29T04:19:43.461-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Riske Business: The 10 Best Chanukah Movies of All timePatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-18065223595477115282013-11-29T10:43:35.971-06:002013-11-29T10:43:35.971-06:00It couldn't be worse than A Good Day to Die Ha...It couldn't be worse than A Good Day to Die Hard. Consider this greenlit!Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-76051935344502429882013-11-28T02:43:26.898-06:002013-11-28T02:43:26.898-06:00Eight Nights to Die Hard
Director: John Mctiernan...Eight Nights to Die Hard<br /><br />Director: John Mctiernan (straight outta prison)<br /><br />Starring: Bruce Willis as Rabbi McClaine. Ben Kingsley as evil Rabbi Herschel Hellowitz, and Timothy Dalton as the Temple Negotiator Harry Weinberger.<br /><br />Plot: After a lifetime of near death experiences for Detective John McClaine along with raising two loser kids and having his wife divorce him (even though he saved her life TWICE), John decides to give up the shield and take on a yamakah as a converted Jewish rabbi. All seems to be going well until former Rabbi Herschel Hellowitz returns to the temple on the last night of Chanukah and takes it hostage in order to steal 100 million dollars that's supposed to go to the needy gentile and Jewish families of the land.<br /> Chanukah is doomed unless former Det. John Mcclaine can find a way to take out Hellowitz only using the Torah. They'll sing Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel I made you out of Clay after they clean up the blood! "Hey Hellowitz this oughta light up the Menorah!" gunshot then explosion.<br /> Eight Days to Die Hard- See the morning show and save a few bucks why don't you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113718068790634277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-88368363518273189102013-11-27T22:49:11.829-06:002013-11-27T22:49:11.829-06:00It definitely leaves an impressionIt definitely leaves an impressionAdam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-9511891931893745612013-11-27T19:46:56.566-06:002013-11-27T19:46:56.566-06:00It's implied off-screen.It's implied off-screen.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-16733951304560333072013-11-27T15:58:29.641-06:002013-11-27T15:58:29.641-06:00Is Hannukah the movie where Jake and Maggie Gyllen...Is Hannukah the movie where Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal finally play a romantic couple? Because isn't that what everyone is really waiting to see?!?Jon Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15943383592412536271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-26158879864617704162013-11-27T15:13:39.896-06:002013-11-27T15:13:39.896-06:00No, not Elliot Gould!No, not Elliot Gould!Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-63781562929358237452013-11-27T12:39:08.410-06:002013-11-27T12:39:08.410-06:00"Hanukkahlypse Now", in which Charlie Sh..."Hanukkahlypse Now", in which Charlie Sheen must search for Rabbi Kurtz, played by Elliott Gould, who has gone rogue and is celebrating unorthodox Hannukah practices. The film has Gould utter the words, "The Menorah... The Menorah..."Umbra Sumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286571563046796204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-6573492905933133842013-11-27T10:21:09.856-06:002013-11-27T10:21:09.856-06:00I love the cast for #2, Hanukkah! Very good.
Ther...I love the cast for #2, Hanukkah! Very good.<br /><br />There will also be a horror version with Jamie Lee Curtis, Danielle Harris, and Paul Rudd, where Hanukkah happens to fall on October 31st.grubershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661404073488997646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-43053359019207304892013-11-27T07:21:17.607-06:002013-11-27T07:21:17.607-06:00I have no idea how I ended up reading it as a kid,...I have no idea how I ended up reading it as a kid, growing up Catholic and going to a Catholic elementary school, but I remember loving that book as a kid.Joseph Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168159790992899470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-50654292668864103002013-11-26T07:55:45.909-06:002013-11-26T07:55:45.909-06:00I'm going to have to read 'About the B'...I'm going to have to read 'About the B'nai Bagels.' Scarlett is a real pro - she and I crushed it in our latke making scene set to the song Unchained Melody.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-11629787056024575422013-11-26T00:10:24.468-06:002013-11-26T00:10:24.468-06:00Great column! I would watch any of these. All of t...Great column! I would watch any of these. All of these. Please make a movie about MY favorite Jewish-themed childhood book, "About the B'nai Bagels." Also, Scarlett called -- you left your hoodie at her place, but she says "she's keeping it." Playful minx.janbottighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126929026388305201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-1659841075399560672013-11-25T22:59:49.557-06:002013-11-25T22:59:49.557-06:00It's like you know all our stories...It's like you know all our stories...Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-33281421514938440932013-11-25T19:45:03.892-06:002013-11-25T19:45:03.892-06:00You and I would have been friends back in the day ...You and I would have been friends back in the day for sure.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-41778579780193606252013-11-25T18:16:32.987-06:002013-11-25T18:16:32.987-06:00I think I was the only kid, let alone the only Gen...I think I was the only kid, let alone the only Gentile kid in my elementary school who read "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins". Ah, Schoolastic book orders.Shannon Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736249327322979437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-80053725223468648852013-11-25T17:02:15.975-06:002013-11-25T17:02:15.975-06:00Maybe, I picture him as some kind of dreidel pheno...Maybe, I picture him as some kind of dreidel phenom who hit an unlucky streak and is into the mob for big money and football is his way out.Mike Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769837676148628247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-13933635218162148172013-11-25T13:58:13.772-06:002013-11-25T13:58:13.772-06:00The Royal Mientkiewiczes - directed by Wes Anderso...The Royal Mientkiewiczes - directed by Wes Anderson<br />Starring - Ben Stiller, the Wilsons, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Andy Samberg, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Kirsten Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Robert DeNiro, Blythe Danner.<br /><br />Ari and Uzi marry into a family whose father may be more than he appears. Mark Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695975412662760562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-11169862352296871902013-11-25T12:41:54.739-06:002013-11-25T12:41:54.739-06:00Old fashioned Synagogue raising made me laugh out ...Old fashioned Synagogue raising made me laugh out loud. Can the foster kid play football?Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-81678819359267833552013-11-25T12:37:48.691-06:002013-11-25T12:37:48.691-06:00How about Light Bright.
Staring America's swee...How about Light Bright.<br />Staring America's sweetheart Sandy B. as a Christian widower who takes in a foster kid who happens to be the town's only Jewish resident. Sandy teaches us and the town about tolerance, love, and latkes all in time to organize an old fashioned synagogue raising so the child can have the Chanukah he needs not the Chanukah he deserves. Mike Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769837676148628247noreply@blogger.com