If you’re curious what the A&E staff will be doing over the holiday break, well we’ll be doing basically the same things we do now: seeing movies and shows, attending concerts and events.

My intern Chase, who will be serving as my associate editor in the spring, and I will be keeping you up to date on what we see during the break.

As most people know, this is the time of the year that movies with Oscar potential are released, and production companies are churning them out right and left.

Here are the movies to keep on your radar:

“Black Swan” – We haven’t seen it yet, which means we’re probably already behind, but critics are raving about this thriller. Natalie Portman stars as the ballet dancer in this Darren Aronofsky film.

“Rabbit Hole” – Adapted from a David Lindsay-Abaire play, this movie stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. It tells the story of a happy couple whose lives are changed when their son dies in an accident.

“Umlauf’s Bicycle” – Ochre House Theater is one of the most unique companies in town and this time they’ve adapted the myth of Icarus into a sexy musical.

For these reviews and more, keep up with smudailycampus.com over the break.