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Tag: xmas movies
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Non-Christmas Christmas Films: Home Alone 2 – Lost in New York (1992)
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It’s another Christmas, a year later, and young Kevin is lost again. I’m not sure if there’s some intensely bad parenting involved, or if the kid just attracts trouble, but so it goes. It’s basically Die Hard 2, with a ten-year-old, and everyone in-universe pretty much knows it. “Not again” is the theme, which I…
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Christmas First View Review – An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Here we have an attempt to prove the ubiquity and relevance of Dickensโ A Christmas Carol by taking it from Victorian-era London and plonking it down in Depression-era Concord, New Hampshire. I donโt if thereโs any significance in the location but the time has obviously been chosen as one of widespread poverty, debt, and hardship.…
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Classic Christmas Rewatch – Home Alone (1990)
So I’ve been thinking about my favorite Christmas movie category – the ones I call Non-Christmas Christmas Films. This fun category includes such classics as Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and Gremlins. Iron Man 3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I have a useful list going here. But in that post, I ask if Home Alone deserves…
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Vintage Christmas Film Short – Scrooge: Marley’s Ghost (1901)
Let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to startโฆ Before I get going, hereโs a thought for a series of articles. How about first-time viewings of wildly popular films that I havenโt seen? I say this because Iโve never actually seen The Sound Of Music, Saturday Night Fever, or Citizen Kane. Anyway,…
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Christmas Classic First Watch Review – Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
Iโll admit that this was a total surprise. As is rapidly becoming traditional, here in RunPee Towers, this time of year means that there are Christmas films to be watched.ย We do try and get other themes going for other holidays but, as a lot of them are unheard of outside of the USA, I…
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Christmas Classic First Watch Review – White Christmas (1954)
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Iโve never been one to make any undue effort and, in a similar vein, I donโt like to waste any effort accidentally made. When I had my moment of confusion over Holiday Inn and White Christmas the obvious thing, to me, was to save the notes Iโd made and use them in another review. And…
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Christmas Classic First Watch Review – Holiday Inn (1942)
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Iโll admit to being a bit confused by Holiday Inn. I intended to see the film with the song White Christmas in it and, obviously went for the one called White Christmas. Now I knew that Bing Crosby sang White Christmas but I was also fairly confident that Fred Astaire was in it. OhโฆI love…
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Christmas Classic Rewatch Review – Scrooge (1951)
Elsewhere I wrote about how and why A Christmas Carol was written and how itโs been adapted many times on screens both large and small. Itโs the most often adapted of all of Dickensโ works, with over thirty film outings. Oliver Twist comes second with a mere eighteen.ย Itโs been faithfully followed from the original,…
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Christmas Documentary Review – โTwas The Fight Before Christmas (2021)
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โTwas The Fight Before Christmas (2021) from Apple TV+ is another of those films that emphasises the difference between the USA and the UK. Over here weโre only vaguely religious in the main. By that I mean that when you go into hospital they always ask your religion. The majority will say C of E…