Makeover your mood with a movie marathon

Yup. Your World Cup fever has fast abated. Here’s some back-up entertainment guaranteed to take your mind off the weeping willow.

If you, understandably, want to see heads roll, catch Frank Miller’s gore fest. 300 is a dazzling visual-effects treat, with a somewhat dodgy historical background. Tomato-ketchup blood on very yummy men from warring sides — Spartan and Persian — make this a must watch before it exits theatres.

Still out for blood? Watch The Hills Have Eyes, a remake of the 1977 horror classic. High on violence and carnage, it features a family stranded in the desert, where they have to fight mutant cannibals if they want to keep from being eaten.

After you’ve vented your ire, our Trendy Movie Critic recommends Little Miss Sunshine to get your spirits up where they belong. A dysfunctional family’s on a mission to help their pre-pubescent little girl win a beauty pageant. Underneath much comic mayhem, the film takes a satirical look at what it means to be a loser.

And if these flicks and some popcorn don’t put you back on track, then you might just need to switch to chess.