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Tangerine (2016) - Day 88, March 22nd
The transgender streetwalking main characters of Sean Baker’s Tangerine (2016) feel like the complete polar opposite of Metropolitan’s...
Gary Jive
Mar 22, 20243 min read
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Metropolitan (1990) - Day 87, March 21st
My next ‘mature’ festive offering is 1990’s Metropolitan, a Christmastime-set alleged ‘comedy’-drama, the debut of director and...
Gary Jive
Mar 21, 20243 min read
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Carol (2015) - Day 86, March 20th
Next up is a far more subtle, tasteful film in 2015’s Carol, from celebrated director Todd Haynes. This one follows the story of Therese...
Gary Jive
Mar 20, 20243 min read
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Christmas With the Coopers (2015) - Day 85, March 19th
2015’s Christmas With the Coopers, a Love Actually  style multi-strand narrative tale with an all-star cast that tries entirely too hard...
Gary Jive
Mar 19, 20243 min read
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Some Girls (1989) - Day 84, March 18th
1988’s Some Girls, directed by Michael Hoffman, is the story of American college student Michael (Patrick Dempsey) who journeys to Quebec...
Gary Jive
Mar 18, 20243 min read
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36.15 Code Père Noël - Day 83, March 17th
After the fun of the Office Christmas Party, someone having a far less enjoyable night is Thomas (Alain Lalanne), the ten year-old child...
Gary Jive
Mar 17, 20243 min read
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Office Christmas Party (2016) - Day 82, March 16th
There’s another fantastic ensemble cast at play in my next film, director duo Will Speck and Josh Gordon’s raucous Office Christmas...
Gary Jive
Mar 16, 20243 min read
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The Best Man Holiday (2013) - Day 81, March 15th
A decidedly more mature take on the holidays is up next with 2013’s celebrated The Best Man Holiday from director Malcolm D. Lee. It’s...
Gary Jive
Mar 15, 20243 min read
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Bad Santa 2 (2016) - Day 80, March 14th
Look who’s back – Billy Bob Thornton brings foul-mouthed, self-loathing Willie back to our screens for 2016’s  Bad Santa 2, slipping back...
Gary Jive
Mar 14, 20243 min read
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A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) - Day 79, March 13th
A Merry Friggin’ Christmas (2014) is a unsuccessful attempt at bawdy festive comedy that, despite assembling an impressive cast, wastes...
Gary Jive
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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Why Him? (2016) - Day 78, March 12th
Next up, Bryan Cranston, fresh from his stellar TV success with Breaking Bad makes his triumphant return to the Christmas movie with...
Gary Jive
Mar 12, 20243 min read
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The Ice Harvest (2005) - Day 77, March 11th
After playing, let's face it, a diabolical love cheat in Serendipity, John Cusack is back, playing an even worse human being in the dark,...
Gary Jive
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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Serendipity (2001) - Day 76, March 10th
2001’s romantic comedy-drama Serendipity is, on the face of it, some fairly inoffensive, quite charming and well-acted hokum, following...
Gary Jive
Mar 10, 20243 min read
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Scrooged (1988) - Day 75, March 9th
The feel-good continues with the Richard Donner directed Scrooged (1988), another clever updating of Dickens’ Christmas Carol template....
Gary Jive
Mar 9, 20243 min read
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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) - Day 74, March 8th
An exponentially sillier watch comes in the 3-dimensional shape of 2011’s A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, the third in the ridiculous...
Gary Jive
Mar 8, 20243 min read
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Daddy's Home 2 (2017) - Day 73, March 7th
There’s straight-up comedy sequel nonsense in the supremely silly Daddy’s Home 2 (2017) from director Sean Anders. Dusty (Mark Wahlberg)...
Gary Jive
Mar 7, 20243 min read
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Pottersville (2017) - Day 72, March 6th
The next movie I take in is a supremely odd one that received a critical mauling upon its 2017 release, though I can’t see that much...
Gary Jive
Mar 6, 20243 min read
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The Ref (1994) - Day 71, March 5th
After our visit to Gotham City, we’re in slightly more grounded territory next with The Ref, a blacker than black 1994 comedy set at...
Gary Jive
Mar 5, 20243 min read
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Batman Returns (1992) - Day 70, March 4th
Next up is a film my mum took me to see in the cinema when I was ten and clearly too young to have been allowed in. Visions of Danny...
Gary Jive
Mar 4, 20243 min read
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Tokyo Godfathers (2003) - Day 69, March 3rd
After the car crash of Cooper's Christmas, today’s film is a classier affair, celebrated animator Satoshi Kon’s exquisite 2003 anime...
Gary Jive
Mar 3, 20243 min read
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​ Scientists say that “watching Christmas movies all year round can be a benefit to your health.” But what would happen if you watched them every day for a year? One man decided to find out.
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- Gary Jive
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