See this [holiday] film: Bad Santa @ the Somerville Theatre

Not a moment too soon comes Terry Zwigoff's sublimely black comic and cynical Bad Santa (2002) to cut through the obligatory holiday cheer and treacle. In it Billy Bob Thornton plays the title role of a department store St. Nick who sidelines as an asshole and a thief. Best movie Santa since Dan Aykroyd donned a beard and a salmon in Trading Places (1983).

Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville :: Tuesday, December 18 @ 8 pm :: $9; $6 seniors :: 617.625.6700 or somervilletheatreonline.com