Vitamin C-inema

Movies to watch when you've got the sniffles

As I awoke this morning I found that my throat and lungs had been beaten and battered by a mean strain of streptococcus just out on parole after doing a 5 year stretch for criminal mucus generation.  As I poured the OJ and warmed up the chicken noodle, I realized that despite their nearly ubiquitous existence in the "mom school of homeopathic medicine," no one ever gives due credit to that big pile of VHS tapes your mom brought home from blockbuster when you got to stay home from school.  Simple, easy to watch, and as good a healer as the L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, here's some of my favorite "comfort films" that are guaranteed to clear up those airways and save you at least one package of Halls.

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