...and by SEs I mean big, fat, loaded mega-special editions of the studio's most popular stuff. And when WB delivers a Special Edition, they generally don't mess around. (Unlike some home video distributors *koff Universal* who throw the SE term around willy-nilly.) Just a quick scan through my mega-awesome DVD collection reveals WB SEs like Goodfellas, Dirty Harry, Amadeus, The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, Superman, and a whole bunch more. If there's a catalog title you love, you should pray it gets the WB 2-disc SE treatment.

And a bunch more are on the way! According to Video Business, WB plans to double its SE output moving forward, and while we don't have any specs just yet, we do know that the following titles will be available (in fancy form) later this year: 300 (yes already, even though I thought the first 2-discer was pretty damn excellent), Casablanca (also again, but if any film deserves it...), A Christmas Story (cool!), JFK (a movie I need to see again), and I Am Legend. Come to think of it, all five of these movies already have Special Edition releases! These new discs better be pretty dang impressive.

Also on the way: The Peanuts Complete Holiday Collection. Which I definitely will own.

In Drillbit Taylor (which opens tomorrow), three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard (Owen Wilson) to help protect them from the school's bully. This got us thinking: What are some of the great on-screen bullies? Those kids you just love to root against because they're written extremely well, offer up top-notch performances and/or remind you of someone from your past. A bully is different from your average movie villain -- they don't tend to carry lethal weapons, or run with a group of deadly terrorists. These are just regular kids with a little too much power thrown their way. Your run-of-the-mill Hollywood bully usually hangs with a group of about two of three of the same sex; guys or girls who don't have many lines, and serve only to make the main bully appear tougher.

Ideally, a great movie bully should have one or more of the following: 1) At least three classic lines. 2) A memorable downfall. 3) Hottie girlfriend or boyfriend. 4.) A name that just says it all.

We put our heads together and came up with seven of the greatest bullies on film. Check them out after the jump ...

"Ho, ho, but no matter. Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon which the entire kid year revolved."

I tried that once. Only I didn't have the guts to stick my tongue to a flagpole, so instead I tried repeatedly to stick my tongue to the metal plate inside my parents' freezer. I was a kid who had just watched A Christmas Story more than five times over the Christmas holiday, and I wanted to see if my tongue would stick. No one else was around to egg me on -- and though I grew up with kids like Flick and Schwartz, I was determined to go at this one alone. So my tongue ... yeah, it didn't stick. Well maybe for a second or two, but that was it. If it was any other time of year, I probably wouldn't have tried it. But, for a kid, Christmas is heaven. Knowing the holiday is approaching brings a jolt of life to the kid spirit; they're invincible, nothing can stop them. Trying to decide what you want for Christmas, as a kid, is also the most important decision you'll make all year. No job, no mortgage or rent to pay, no wife or girlfriend or family to buy presents for. Nope. Your only responsibility is to anticipate great things to come. And no other movie captures that mindset, that energy, that love for life better than Bob Clark's A Christmas Story.

Starting in just a couple hours from now, TBS will air this movie for 24 hours straight; a yearly tradition for the television station. In my house, these are the rules: We must leave the TV on when we fall asleep, and the set must be tuned into A Christmas Story. I attempt to watch the first half before I fall asleep, and then I time it to wake up and watch the second half before the wife, dog and I hop out of bed and open presents. I do this (and the wife just goes along because I'm nuts and she doesn't have the time nor patience to argue my insanity) because after all the shopping, the hustling, the re-arranging and the spending of money I'd rather save, this film helps raise my spirits, helps me prepare for the onslaught of Christmas dinners to follow and it brings me back to that time as a kid when the cold, the lights and the tree meant we were in store for something special. To a kid, that something special is a gift; a reward for being young and full of glee. To an adult, that something special is togetherness; a bonding moment with the ones you love.

• Danny Barcelona (c.1930-2007) - Drummer for Louis Armstrong who appears in Jazz on a Summer's Day and When the Boys Meet the Girls. He died of complications from cancer April 1, in Monterey Park, California. (Starbulletin)
• Ariel Clark (1984-2007) - Son of director Bob Clark, who appears in his father's Baby Geniuses, My Summer Story (aka It Runs in the Family) and I'll Remember April. He died with his father in a car crash April 4. (LA Times)
• Bob Clark (1941-2007) - Director of A Christmas Story, Porky's and Baby Geniuses. See my full obit here.
• Luigi Comencini (1916-2007) - Italian filmmaker who directed Incompreso (Misunderstood), Don Camillo in Moscow and The Scopone Game. He died April 6. (AP)
• Angus Duncan (1936-2007) - Actor who appears in Marlowe, The Magic Sword and Going Ape! He died of cancer March 22. (LA Times)
• John Flynn (c.1931-2007) - Director of Out for Justice, Lock Up, Brainscan and Rolling Thunder. He died April 4. (Greencine)
• Char Fontane (1952-2007) - Actress who appears in The Punisher (1989) and who was daughter of singer Tony Fontane. She died April 1, in Marietta, Georgia. (Ventura County Star)
• Jay Koch (1926-2007) - Former NYPD sergeant who won a Ronald Reagan look-a-like contest in 1980. He impersonated the President in Back to the Future II, Hot Shots! Part Deux and Panther, in which he played Reagan as Governor of California. He died of heart failure March 19, in Port Hueneme, California. (LA Times)
• Calvin Lockhart (1932-2007) - Actor (pictured) who played the villains in Cotton Comes to Harlem and Uptown Saturday Night. He also appears in Myra Breckinridge, Predator 2, Coming to America, Wild at Heart and Let's Do it Again, in which he played 'Biggie Smalls'. He died from complications of a stroke March 29, in Nassau, Bahamas. (IMDb)
• Salem Ludwig (1915-2007) - Actor who appears in Endless Love, Heartburn, Unfaithful, The Object of My Affection and The Savages, which just premiered at Sundance. He died April 1. (Playbill)

On Wednesday, we brought you the sad news that filmmaker Bob Clark, known for directing such films as A Christmas Story and Porky's, was killed along with his 22-year-old son on the Pacific Coast Highway in a collision with a DUI driver. As is often the case, the drunk driver escaped the wreck with only minor injuries. Today there's an update on the situation -- IESB is reporting that the driver, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant without a license named Hector Velazquez-Nava, has had an immigration hold put on him by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which means that once his legal proceedings are complete, he'll be placed directly into deportation proceedings. Velazquez-Nava was charged with vehicular manslaughter and investigation of DUI. If he posts, he'll be taken into federal custody.

Clark was, of course, best known for directing the perennial holiday classic A Christmas Story, an adaptation of Jean Shepherd's memoir of Christmas memories from childhood, but was also well known among horror fans for films such as Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, Dead of Night, and the recently remade Black Christmas. He is also generally credited with launching the career of actress Kim Cattrall and had several projects in the pipeline at the time of his death. Here's hoping that whatever country Velazquez-Nava ends up in, the authorities are able to keep him behind bars forever.

There's only one rule in my house come Christmas Day. I don't care who's coming over, how many gifts there are to open, what kind of food is being prepared or whether there's indeed any snow to shovel. Nope. Could care less. And look, there are tons of wonderful Christmas-related flicks that exist today -- some more memorable than others -- that people enjoy and attempt to watch as the magical holiday draws near.

Me? I don't watch Miracle on 34th Street or It's a Wonderful Life -- nope, on Christmas there's only one film that's allowed on my television. A film that must remain on my boob tube for 24 hours straight ... or else. And that film would be A Christmas Story. I could be three rooms away, somehow sense the channel being changed -- even for a brief second -- and come rushing back into the room, screaming bloody murder. Oh, I'll tackle someone if need be. This is my film. I own it for one day. Sure, my family might think I'm a bit nuts ... at first, but by the eighth or ninth time it's on, there's a crowd. People are laughing, spitting out quotes and remembering past Christmas events -- loved ones who have passed on and memories that are only sparked because of this film. Because of this odd rule I force everyone around me to follow. And so it goes. Here are 24 reasons to watch all 24 hours of A Christmas Story on Christmas Day ...