We discuss the ‘genre’ of Hallmark Christmas Movies and do our best to crack their code by watching LET IT SNOW, A VERY MERRY MIX-UP and more.
ICC #239 – The Paradox of a Hallmark Christmas
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Christmas Movie Mania: Money Train (1995)
My eyes lit up when I saw Money Train on the shelf of Bay Street Video’s Christmas section. “This takes place on Christmas?” I whispered excitedly under my breath. I had never seen it on any X-Mas Movie Lists before, and while it was a film I knew by name (having been...
The Christmas Movie Marathon: 21 – 25
And so the Christmas marathon comes to an end. Not with a bang, but with a row of comforting films in the shape of a warm blanket. I'm not going to review them, because they are unabashedly great, and I have nothing of real value on to add. Could I have forced myself...
The Christmas Movie Marathon: 16 – 20
I'm in the home stretch and now the film's are getting extra out there. WIND CHILL (2007) From the director of MAGIC MIKE XXL, comes a spooky tale of the supernatural. Emily Blunt stars as a College student who catches a ride with a creepy ass ride share participant...
ICC #5 – The Important Christmas Cinema Spectacular
In a very special episode, "The Important Christmas Cinema Spectacular", Justin and Will tackle the holiday cinematic season by watching the awful Kirk Cameron vehicle SAVING CHRISTMAS and the holiday 'classic' MIRACLE ON 34th street. They discuss their own feelings...
The Christmas Movie Marathon: 11-15
I published a pocket zine called THE CHRISTMAS CINEMA filled with under seen Holiday films in honor of our screening of GAME OVER (Code Pere Noel 3615) last Wednesday at the Royal Cinema. I am currently stunned by the marathon watch it took to complete the project....
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972) – Terror Tuesdays
SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT is a nice Christmas surprise. A Gothic tinged holiday horror that's a precursor to all the season's classics (BLACK CHRISTMAS, SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT) and to the slasher trend as well. The plot deals with a young woman (played by...
Christmas Movie Marathon: Day 6-10
The CHRISTMAS MOVIE MARATHON continues into a wintry wonderland of cinematic bliss. Or does it? I never said everything I was going to watch was good. CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980) The poster art of Santa Claus reaching through a window with a knife in hand prepares...
The Christmas Movie Marathon: Day 1-5
I love the holiday season, but December 25th has always been more of an ending than a climax in my mind. So to fill the time until that fateful day, I chase the Christmas dream by watching a Christmas movie every day during the month of December. It can be any genre,...
