"You were saying...?" One of the hallmarks of a great film - a great pop-culture film - not like, say, The Grapes of Wrath or Rashomon, for example, is that it's embedded in our overall culture, not just arts, but also in other areas outside of entertainment, such as retail (exhibit a: Pepsi and Back to the Future).

Every holiday has its own brand of copywriting: Halloween has the spooky, creepy stuff; Thanksgiving has its turkey, endless dinners, football, and family themes; Christmas - Santa, Christmas trees, snow, etc. And New Year's? Songs, dancing, resolutions, parties, gifts...and more football.