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When I'm in the mood to get good and depressed, I just take a look at the weekend box office numbers. There are few things more guaranteed to send me into the depths of despair than seeing how many people lined up to see the latest Tyler Perry flick or Adam Sandler comedy (and I use that term very loosely when applied to Sandler, who ranks just marginally below David Spade on my list of people I wish would never, ever make another movie). I swear, every time I see Sandler on the screen, I just want to hurt him -- and I'm a peace-loving, non-violent person under ordinary circumstances. I'm sure he's a perfectly nice person in real life, and he's probably a blast at parties, but I'd rather get my gums scraped without numbing medication than sit through his films. Perplexingly, though, his tend to do okay at the box office, so apparently a lot of people actually like him.

Sandler's latest effort, Click, about a man who buys a remote with the power to affect reality, dominated the top weekend box office slot, with an estimated take of $40 million. The film is going to need some good word-of-mouth to get past its budget of $70 million and into the black, but I expect it will make it over the hump. Jack Black vehicle Nacho Libre, in theaters for 10 days now, has raked in $52.7 million off a relatively small $35 million budget, already putting the flick in the black for Paramount and pretty much guaranteeing we'll be seeing more of Black in the future. For some reason, Black doesn't tend to irritate me nearly so much as Sandler, but neither do I find him particularly appealing. I think what it comes down to for me is that Sandler's roles often have this streak of meanness running through the surface comedy, which I really dislike. Black, on the other hand, tends to have this innocence and naivete about him that's just charming, even when he's running around in tights.

Right now, I'm going to share something very personal with you. Not only is it personal, but it's embarrassing. It's a secret that I have lived with my entire life and, for the people in my life aware of this secret, our relationship with one another has never been the same. I've decided, once and for all, to get this off my chest. Today. To you. And if things change between us, then I hope it will be for the better. Ready?

I have no sweet tooth. Yes, I was born without an ability to crave sweets. My worst enemy: Chocolate. I hate it. I've never liked it. It doesn't matter what form the chocolate arrives in, it can never come anywhere near my mouth. One time a friend of mine tried to pull a gag and gave me a handful of M&Ms saying  they were Skittles. Needless to say, no one has seen or heard from this person since. Yes, it's that bad. Yes, I have a disease. Yes, in a way, this has ruined my life.

I decided to share this with you today because all of the following films have a sweet quality about them and, at the same time, provide a nasty bite. They also prove that, sometimes, we have to put ourselves through spoonful of crap in order to enjoy the gigantic bucket of light at the end of the tunnel. Anyone want some chocolate ice cream? Welcome to this week's Trailer Park ...

Strangers with Candy was snatched from the airwaves just as its small clan of devoted followers was starting to grow in ranks. Snapping up stars like Winona Ryder and Paul Rudd to appear in the series finale was but one example of how popular this goofy little show about a 40-year-old high school freshman was becoming, but like a lot of the best shows out there, enough people weren't watching for the network to keep it on the air. Nevertheless, the Strangers with Candy movie will be coming to theaters this June, or so Amy Sedaris tells AmySedaris.com. Paul Dinello, who played the art teacher Mr. Jellineck on the show, will be directing. David Letterman and his barely-contained crush on Amy Sedaris will serve as executive producer. Celeb cameos, at least according to IMDb, will include Matthew Broderick, Philp Seymour Hoffman, and Ian Holm, among several others. I assume this will be a limited release, as these films with a built-in audience tend to be, so I'll be setting out with the rest of the fanatics with my pith helmet and bullwhip to track this one down come June.