Gary Jive
The Family Stone (2005) - Day 351, December 11th
2005’s The Family Stone is another one of those star-studded films about a dysfunctional family gathering that proves outrageously...
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Gary Jive
2 days ago2 min read
Holiday Inn (1942) - Day 350, December 10th
Next morning I’m absolutely knackered and have after staying out a bit too late and engaging in some proper hard rock head-banging and...
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Gary Jive
3 days ago3 min read
White Christmas (1954) - Day 349, December 9th
At last - some respite from the heavy stuff, with White Christmas, a soothing, yummy warm hug of a film from Bing Crosby at the height of...
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Gary Jive
4 days ago2 min read
White Reindeer (2013) - Day 348, December 8th
The bummer season continues with 2013's White Reindeer, a film that is definitely not about reindeer. This one was very well-received by...
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Gary Jive
5 days ago3 min read
Prancer (1989) - Day 347, December 7th
1989’s Prancer brings us part two of this week’s ‘So-heavy-I-can’t-believe-this-is-a-kids’-film’ double bill. This is a little like that...
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Gary Jive
6 days ago3 min read
One Magic Christmas (1985) - Day 346, December 6th
From wholesome family wonder to something a lot darker next, with Disney’s One Magic Christmas from 1985. This one starts out well enough...
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Gary Jive
7 days ago2 min read
The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992) - Day 245, December 5th
Next comes 1992’s The Muppets Christmas Carol. Now, this is how you do a Scrooge musical – get the Jim Henson Workshop involved and have...
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Gary Jive
Dec 42 min read
Scrooge (1970) - Day 344, December 4th
How people must have choked on their mulled wine back in 1970 when it was revealed that director Ronald Neame would be filming Scrooge,...
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Gary Jive
Dec 32 min read
Scrooge (1951) - Day 343, December 3rd
Next, the Christmas Gods throw up yet another version of Dickens’ classic. The 1951 film, alternately known as Scrooge and A Christmas...
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Gary Jive
Dec 23 min read
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) - Day 342, December 2nd
2017's The Man Who Invented Christmas is a pleasant, wonderfully imaginative surprise. I go in expecting a dry, tedious Charles Dickens...
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Gary Jive
Dec 13 min read
Miracle On 34th Street (1994) - Day 341, December 1st
At last, it’s December and I can get away with watching this stuff without attracting any funny looks. Decorations are going up on all...
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Gary Jive
Nov 303 min read
Arthur Christmas (2011) - Day 340, November 30th
A far more noteworthy family film is Arthur Christmas, an intelligent 2011 British animated classic from Aardman, the beloved studio who...
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Gary Jive
Nov 293 min read
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) - Day 339, November 29th
I have vague, hazy, almost dream-like memories of watching 1985’s Santa Claus: The Movie as a young boy. Images of elves making toys and...
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Gary Jive
Nov 283 min read
The Polar Express (2004) - Day 338, November 28th
2004's The Polar Express is a huge festive hit that has somehow managed to pass me by. When this came out I was probably more interested...
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Gary Jive
Nov 272 min read
The Holiday (2006) - Day 337, November 27th
Next, is 2016's The Holiday, one of those wintry romcoms where the main characters are all loaded and live fabulous lives but we're meant...
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Gary Jive
Nov 264 min read
Comfort And Joy (1984) - Day 336, November 26th
At last, it’s November 26th 2021, the beginning of the final month of my foolhardy Christmas movie quest. Today, the World Health...
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Gary Jive
Nov 252 min read
Last Christmas (2019) - Day 335, November 25th
And so we move on to my last Netflix movie. 2019's Last Christmas is a film that looks gorgeous and has impeccable turns from its...
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Gary Jive
Nov 242 min read
I'll Be Home For Christmas (2016) - Day 334, November 24th
Moving on, I realise I’ve now gone through every single ‘original’ Christmas movie Netflix has to offer. However, with a few days of my...
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Gary Jive
Nov 233 min read
The App That Stole Christmas (2020) - Day 333, November 23rd
Having just viewed a pair of new modern classics, I'm brought down to earth with a bump by The App That Stole Christmas. Released in...
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Gary Jive
Nov 223 min read
The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 (2020) - Day 332, November 22nd
Part one was such a massive hit that the 2020 holiday season brought us The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, with Chris Columbus now...
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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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