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Best. Christmas. Ever! 2023
First, I think it’s fair to state up front that my alarmingly low review for this film is largely based on the misleading synopsis offering amusing holiday high jinks. Plural. It was a lie. At best I counted only one high jink, so I felt duped by the end of the film. Aside from my own personal angst over the absence of many more amusing holiday high jinks, I do feel this film is a key contribution to the continuum…
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Santa Jaws 2018
Not sure whether to give this a 5 star or a 1 star rating, so I landed in the middle. I mean, it’s true to the original beloved kids’ Christmas Story of wishing your family to be dead and a killer shark magically appears to take them out. Who doesn’t remember reading that delightful holiday family story every year as a tradition? But then it’s not a high quality film. Despite the superb script and authentic setting of Christmas in…
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The Princess Switch 2018
Cinematic masterpiece and Mike Rohl is a genius. How has this been out since 2018 and I only just learned about it?! There’s everything you could possibly want in a film, except a high speed improbable car chase and unnecessary gratuitous nudity. Otherwise it’s a straight up banger. Following the timeless comedic plot of identity shenanigans dating back to Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors to Batman’s, er, I mean Michael Keaton’s Oscar-worthy Duplicity, The Princess Switch delivers everything it promises. Because…
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Simply a great feel-good story about George Bailey with a repeatedly sucky life that tries to commit suicide. However, an Angel won’t allow it, almost assuredly guaranteeing him a slow death in old age facing depleting resources and deteriorating physical and mental capabilities. As the saying goes, only the good die young, suggests perhaps George Bailey wasn’t so good after all. Following a mini-financial crisis at George’s failing Savings & Loan, only to be bailed out on the backs of the…
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