Reviewing films from the past and the present, and occasionally ranting too!
Last Christmas, I tore out your heart... During a routine Christmas family visit to my parents, I convinced my dad and my wife to watch this film with me, knowing that their film tastes aren't that far away from my own depravity. So in true family Christmas film style we gathered around to watch what… Continue reading A Christmas Horror Story (2015) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
As poor as I remember it being as a child, which is poorer than the orphan Joe! A family, fantasy, adventure, Christmas film from 1985 - which has been repeated on commercial TV nearly every year that I can remember since the 80's. While some people think of this film with fondness and happiness, I… Continue reading Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Happy Holidays A fantastic Christmas film - it's been remade and updated, but for me there's nothing like the original 1947 version for a good feel-good film. Look... it's Santa, I mean Saint Nick, no I mean Kris Kringle Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) turns up to the Macy's Christmas parade only to be hired by… Continue reading Miracle on 34th Street (1947) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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