Savant's checked over the previous twelve months and made his picks, and offers this reprise of last year's reasonably popular Xmas feature: Savant's Most Impressive DVDs of 2002. No E.T., no Disney. We serve hard discs here for viewers who wanna get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere. I modestly put forward this list of anti-Blockbuster arcane entertainment.

Now it's time to get serious about the holiday, so I might not have another review up for a few days - but I'll certainly be primed to answer Email, which has always been the best thing about this enterprise. And I'll definitely be back on line with more comments and toasts before the New Year. As Henry Chinasky says in Barfly, "To all my friennnnds!" Cheers! Glenn Erickson