Time for a Snow Day. That’s a Movie Snow Day.

Another Perfect Wonder. Where it’s so White as Snow.

pop quiz: the lyric above is from what song and artist? clue: plenty of scovilles on a utopian arena tour.

When your ski season is over for another year, but you are missing the sight of snow, the answer might be to watch a movie. I am sure that many of the movies that feature snow probably get it made for them on a back-lot in Hollywood. But, if you can suspend your belief systems, of both the snow and the storylines, you can curl up on the sofa and enjoy a good, or bad, snow day movie.

• The Day After Tomorrow – 2004 – Climate change goes really badly.
• Ice Age – 2002 – Climate change first time around.
• Frozen – 2010 – No, not that one. The one where three losers get stuck on a ski lift.
• 30 Days of Night – 2007 – A whole month with no vitamin D.
• Frozen – 2013 – Yes, that one. Let it Go!
• Cliffhanger – 1993 – Stallone to the rescue, perhaps he is part of the Tracy family.
• The Grey – 2011 – Howling like a wolf may not save you.
• Fargo – 1996 – Blackmailing your father-in-law. What could possibly go wrong?
• Alive – 1993 – …but I’m a vegetarian!
• The Thing – 1982 – Volunteering for the Antarctic Survey was never a good idea.

pop trivia: ‘The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ had a hit with ‘Snow (Hey Ho)’ taken from their 2006 album ‘Stadium Arcadium’.

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