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Author: Rob Williams
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Christmas Indie Movie Review โ Middleton Christmas
Middleton Christmas — or Thereโll Always Be Christmas — as itโs sometimes now called is, I will be blunt, not my cup of tea. It might have appealed to my mother were she still alive, so maybe itโs a generational thing. She might have overlooked the things that irked me, but I found them too…
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Christmas Indie Movie Review โ Cup Of Cheer
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Cup Of Cheerย is, allegedly, a comedy. There are moments of incongruity, surprise, repetition, inversion, exaggeration, and slapstick. Thereโs only one thing missing and that, sadly, is anything remotely funny. It is supposed to be a parody of the archetypal, traditional Christmas film.ย Cup Of Cheerย starts with a big city journalist, Mary (Storm Steenson) being sent to…
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A US Classic From A UK Perspective – A Christmas Story
A little backgroundโฆ At the start of the decade a change in circumstances meant I had a lot of spare time during the run up to Christmas. So what was I going to do? What I did was got hold of a load of Christmas films and thoroughly got into the spirit of the season.…
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All About A Christmas Carol
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So Many Retellings Of A Short Story Scrooge, a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinnerโฆ letโs make a Christmas favourite of him! Iโm going to luxuriate in the knowledge that Iโll be talking about a story that is nearly two centuries old and, therefore, will be paying no heed to the usual dread…
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Miracle On 34th Street – 1947 vs 1994
A good story bears repeating. At least thatโs the impression you get if you look into your average film studioโs output. Who knowsโฆ maybe thereโs a future article in that? Anyhow, as itโs rapidly approaching Christmas, I thought Iโd take a look at one of my favourite Christmas stories — and two films — Iโm…
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Rewatch Review – The Long Kiss Goodnight
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The Long Kiss Goodnightย is a great film. It has action, thrills, humour, intrigue, suspenseโฆ everything! Geena Davis is gorgeous and believable as both the mumsy Samantha Caine and the deadly Charlie Baltimore. Confused? How about if I say that Sam Caine is an anagram of โamnesiac? Samuel L Jackson is brilliant as Mitch Hennessey, the…
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Rewatch Review – Love Actually (A Brit Perspective)
Back in October we were talking about articles for the run up to Christmas (yes, this stuff is all actually planned!) and the idea of a rewatch review ofย Love Actually was mentioned, especially a British take on the film. This took me a little by surprise, as I canโt help thinking that anything written by…
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Die Hard and Beyond: Are They Really Christmas Films?
There are films that are obviously Christmas films; they only make sense because theyโre set at Christmas; it only feels right to watch them at Christmas; they belong to Christmas. And then there are films that are associated with Christmas and they are the ones there are arguments about. Soโฆ a Christmas film… or or…
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Indie Movie Review – Contracts
Contracts reminded me of the martial arts films that were everywhere in the โ70sโฆ the ones which had two ten minute fights in every quarter hour of film. And, to be honest, this isnโt a lot different. The story, such as it is, revolves around an elite group of assassins who are being killed offย …
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Indie Movie Review – My Summer As A Goth
Teenager – check, female – check, goth – check. So thatโs three for three against me being in the right demographic forย My Summer As A Goth! But then, when has that ever mattered? If it did, Disney wouldnโt make money until seven year olds got credit cards. My Summer As A Goth is a coming…