Hey guys, I'm home for Thanksgiving, which is why you're reading this instead of a Studio 60 or Veronica Mars commentary. You'll both get those over the weekend, but for now allow me to indulge in the holidays and concentrate on spending some time in the good old hometown known as Marcellus, New York. Just to prove my heart is still in the right place, here's some stuff to tide over the folks who are on the computer, presumably hiding from strange relatives you only see this time of year:

-Just in time for the holiday season I wrote a review of Home Alone: Family Fun Edition, a special DVD release of that oh-so-classic movie. Check it out here.

-Veronica Mars has been greenlit for a full season - kind of. The CW, in all its strange pseudo-network-ness, has greenlit seven more episodes on top of the first thirteen, stretching the season to twenty episodes instead of the normal 22-24. The show isn't working any miracles, but the ratings are slightly up in the 18-34 demographic, and it retains a good portion of its Gilmore Girls lead-in.

-R.I.P. genius director Robert Altman.

And finally, I usually shy away from movie news as you can get that from about a billion other sights, but here's some stuff I've been keeping my eye on lately:

-New Line actively seeking to make The Hobbit without Peter Jackson's involvement? Read the gritty and depressing details from Peter Jackson himself here.

-Producer Lauren Donner apparently spoke candidly about the future of the X-Men franchise: they're moving forward with the X-Men spinoff Wolverine, and are actively trying to get Bryan Singer back for it before he goes off to make what should (in my mind) be called Superman Returns Again. She also specifically mentioned that should Gambit appear in any X-Men films down the road, she thinks Lost's Josh Holloway (Sawyer) would be perfect for the part.

-Casino Royale walked away with over 40 million dollars this past weekend, which was a tad less than Die Another Day and about the same as Happy Feet, but quite good for a new Bond. I saw it and overall it made a very good impression on me. (And exactly how hot is Eva Green?)

-The new trailer for Harry Potter 5 is out (and yeah, there is a quick clip of him making out with that Asian chick). What's more, Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron is making it public that he'd love to do another one. (And by the way, his next film, Children of Men, looks really cool.)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!