Belated Friday five.

One sentence each on five movies we have seen, in no particular order:

• Jiro Dreams of Sushi (an overdue review) - truly fascinating... and hunger inducing.
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - I finally saw this for $3 at the local pizza/pint/playhouse, and finally learned that it is definitely worth seeing.
• Searching for Sugar Man - very inspiring, and possibly the only reason I've seen to want to visit South Africa (other than maybe swimming with sharks, which is coincidentally another good movie).
• The Hobbit - enjoyable enough in 2D, but with a made-for-3D feel.
• Bullitt - my dream car for many years was an electric blue 1964 Ford Mustang, Steve McQueen is no Paul Newman, and that's about all I have to say about this movie.