It’s a crime, nay a sin, that this movie doesn’t get to be called An 8-Bit Christmas Story. The DNA of A Christmas Story surely (in a totally legally distinct way) inspired and influenced this charming, if flawed, fun nostalgic … Continue reading
On a whim, watched the new Christmas romantic comedy on Netflix The Knight Before Christmas. It stars Vanessa Hudgens who I like… and not much else… besides it being free on Netflix. And that’s about what I got. If … Continue reading
So the first original film (not tv show) that Disney+ has is Noelle… a Christmas movie that borrows pretty liberally from Elf… only it stars Anna Kendrick instead of Will Ferrell. So it’s different! The plot follows Santa’s children … Continue reading
Checked out the new Christmas romantic comedy Last Christmas (which is not a post-apocalyptic nightmare-fueled descent into madness set on December 30th). This is the newest movie from Paul Fieg starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. And the pop songs … Continue reading
The Christmas Chronicles is a new Netflix original most noticeable for starring Kurt Russell as Santa Clause. I don’t tend to watch too many Christmas movies but just hiring Russell to play Saint Nick was too much of a curiosity. … Continue reading
So… The new animated film version of The Grinch is, at least, better than the Jim Carrey version. I mean, on the graduated scale of badness, it’s a few notches in the positive column. You just have to ask if … Continue reading
Also checked out The Man Who Invented Christmas, a fictionalized account of the writing of A Christmas Carol by that young Charles Dickens fella. It’s funny though, I just saw The Star and I thought a donkey invented Christmas. But … Continue reading
Checked out The Star, the new nativity movie starring donkeys. And pigeons. And sheep. But also a baby Jesus, I suppose. You know, just kind of in the background… it’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for children!! This is … Continue reading
Checked out Bad Moms Christmas yesterday (it opened on Wednesday for some reason). I liked the first Bad Moms movie quite a bit and it made a lot of money at the box office… I did not like this quickie, … Continue reading
Checked out another streaming rental (on iTunes) called Better Watch Out. It is advertised as a Christmas-based home invasion horror/suspense film and that’s more-or-less accurate… though the villain isn’t an Evil Santa as you might expect from the title. Like … Continue reading