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This is it folks, day 24, the final day of Advent and the final movie for this year. Santa Claus: The Movie. The 'The Movie' bit is important here, it's a subtitle that marks this version of Santa Claus as authoritative. No others are real, this is the real deal! And because of that, it... Continue Reading →
Right, so you all know the story right? My daughter knows it so well she had to study it in English Literature GCSE, to say it's affected her view of this is an understatement and there is hell to pay if any version of Christmas Carol goes on the TV in our house now! In... Continue Reading →
Arnie gets a lot of stick for his acting skills, or lack of, but he's genuinely under-rated when you really think about it. The Terminator is a masterclass of tension and so much of that is driven by Arnie's relentless presence. Most people agree, he's a great action movie actor (or was back in the... Continue Reading →
This is one of those movies that's sickly sweet, ridiculously stupid and full of kids. In other words, it's a real, proper Christmas movie, and it's British at that meaning, a bit like Love Actually, a lot of the stuff here is recognisable and identifiable. Martin Freeman shows up as a teacher. Now, I used... Continue Reading →
Literally, Jim Carrey at his absolute peak here, this is The Grinch told brilliantly. This film isn't really to everyone's tastes it seems, but I think it's hilarious and a work of comedy gold. There are some astonishing bits of humour that, if you watch it again and you notice it...are genuine OMG moments. How... Continue Reading →
Saw The Holiday the first time a good few years ago, I wasn't optimistic. I was hounded into it by my wife and I genuinely expected to need a sick bucket and to watch some vaguely Christmassy slush! And in a way I was right, but you know what, I really enjoyed it. Cameron Diaz,... Continue Reading →
Eagle eyed readers may notice that the movie Advent calendar entry for December 18th is being opened on the 19th December. As per every December, there is a point, when you've had a bit of chocolate every morning for the entire month, you literally forget. It's not like I forgot to write this though...but when... Continue Reading →
Did you know that every time a bell rings, an angel gets their wings? You do if you've watched this almost perfect movie. And if you get forced into watching a colourised version, you really need to take a long hard look at yourself, the original B&W version is the only correct way to watch... Continue Reading →
Tim Allen pops up in a good few Christmas movies and always raises a smile. This is a real genuine classic, although you do have to wonder how kids would take the idea that during the course of the film, the original Santa Claus actually dies by falling off a roof! It bothered me anyway.... Continue Reading →
Scrooged opens with an amazing action packed scene of Santa and the Elves defending the North Pole from a violent, assault rifle attack. And that totally sets the tone for this modern (ish, it's the 80s) version of Christmas Carol, which is every inch a top drawer Bill Murray movie. Parts of it are a... Continue Reading →
People really seem to like this film. My daughter recently decided to re-watch it for the first time in maybe ten years (she's 15). She turned it off after twenty minutes or so! She called it incredibly boring. The story revolves around a young boy boarding the polar express, where Tom Hanks plays the train... Continue Reading →
Home Alone is one of those genuine Christmas classics that deserves to be watched every year. It features a family who abandon their child, who has to live alone over Christmas. The whole film's conceit would have been impossible in a modern age with mobile phones of course. Then, some burglars come along and try... Continue Reading →
I first saw National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation when I was about 14 years old, and it was quite simply the funniest film I'd ever seen in my life. Since then, I've watched it quite often, most Christmas holidays I've stumbled onto it or pulled out the DVD, and I've settled into a new opinion of... Continue Reading →
Come on then, hands up who DOESN'T know the story of A Christmas Carol? Anyone? I mean, my daughter literally refuses to talk about it since she did it in GCSE English Literature last year...never again she says! Anyway, this is a full Disney-ficaton of the story, but done with the latest generation of the... Continue Reading →
Today's movie is one of those films, when you think of it it's the nice, jolly, marginally scary movies with some great laughs. Then you re-watch and it's really really not like that at all. This is a genuine, not-for-kids movie that is actually scary, is actually funny and is really entertaining. Why not for... Continue Reading →
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