WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS WEEK'S VOLCANO >>>

Christmas time - and Christmas vacation, if you're lucky enough to get one - is a great time for movie watching. It's also a great time to release a movie, if you're a big time studio or famous director - people will be sitting around, trapped with their families, and looking for ways to burn a couple hours as painlessly as possible. It's the perfect storm.

This week, the famed Coen Brothers release their take on the John Wayne classic, True Grit. Early indications are it's pretty good. The Volcano's own Adam McKinney - one of the only remaining local movie critics around - will have a review of the film in this week's paper.

Until then, here's a peak at the trailer, followed by a refresher on the movie that came before it ...