Gary Jive
The Christmas Set-Up (2020) - Day 153, May 27th
My next film was a big deal when it first aired at Christmas 2020, being as this romantic comedy was the very first LGBTQ+ themed festive...
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Gary Jive
May 265 min read
Happiest Season (2020) - Day 152, May 26th
My wife and I feel lucky to be raising our daughter in an age where society seems to be generally more tolerant and accepting of persons...
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Gary Jive
May 253 min read
Fitzwilly (1967) - Day 151, May 25th
After the downer of Period of Adjustment, cheeky ol’ Dick Van Dyke pops up next to cheer me up with 1967’s festive-themed heist comedy...
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Gary Jive
May 243 min read
Period of Adjustment (1962) - Day 150, May 24th
Something far more professional yet difficult to watch for its own reasons next, with 1962’s heavy marital comedy-drama Period of...
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Gary Jive
May 234 min read
The Magic Christmas Tree (1964) - Day 149, May 23rd
Well, if Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is considered shoddy and weird, it ain’t got nothin’ on 1964’s risible The Magic Christmas...
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Gary Jive
May 224 min read
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1968) - Day 148, May 22nd
In a very welcome break from the apocalyptic grimness, the next film on my watchlist is the thoroughly ridiculous Santa Claus Conquers...
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Gary Jive
May 214 min read
Carol For Another Christmas (1964) - Day 147, May 21st
Of course, just as I’m commending the broad eclecticism of the Christmas movie, fate flings up yet another riff on Dickens’ ‘A Christmas...
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Gary Jive
May 203 min read
The Merry World of Leopold Z (1965) - Day 146, May 20th
Merrily prancing into the 1960s, my next film turns out to be something completely different and very unlike anything I’ve watched so...
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Gary Jive
May 193 min read
Susan Slept Here (1954) - Day 145, May 19th
My next classic film, 1954’s Susan Slept Here is a blast, though with a premise that most definitely would not fly these days. This is...
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Gary Jive
May 183 min read
The Great Rupert (1950) - Day 144, May 18th
After we met The Lemon Drop Kid yesterday, one of Bob Hope’s old comedy sparring partners Jimmy Durante joins us next with 1950’s The...
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Gary Jive
May 172 min read
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) - Day 143, May 17th
The mood shifts to some lightweight breezy respite next with 1951 Bob Hope vehicle The Lemon Drop Kid. This one, directed by Sidney...
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Gary Jive
May 163 min read
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) - Day 142, May 16th
We’re back to some semblance of normality with our next festive fifties flick The Holly and the Ivy from 1952. Directed by George More...
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Gary Jive
May 153 min read
The Snow Maiden (1952) - Day 141, May 15th
There’s something entirely different next with 1952’s trippy but grim Russian animation The Snow Maiden (aka Snegurochka). In a nutshell,...
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Gary Jive
May 143 min read
Trail of Robin Hood (1950) - Day 140, May 14th
More traditional thrills up next with the festive musical western Trail of Robin Hood from 1950 starring Roy Rogers as a heroic cowboy...
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Gary Jive
May 133 min read
Santa Claus Vs The Devil (1959) - Day 139, May 13th
Next day, I move on to the festive films of the ‘50s, which I’m really looking forward to, though I’m also thoroughly knackered. We’ve...
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Gary Jive
May 124 min read
Star in the Night (1945) and Christmas in July (1940) Day 138, May 12th
Next up...whoops! Much like Piccadilly Circus will reveal itself to be a pretty crappy circus (no animals or clowns!) I was fished in by...
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Gary Jive
May 113 min read
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - Day 137, May 11th
The plot of my next film, 1940’s The Shop Around the Corner is suspiciously familiar. Ernst Lubitsch’s film follows two Budapest shop...
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Gary Jive
May 103 min read
The Curse of the Cat People (1944) - Day 136, May 10th
Something entirely different and far more outlandish comes next with 1944’s The Curse of the Cat People from co-directors Gunther Von...
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Gary Jive
May 93 min read
I'll Be Seeing You (1944) - Day 135, May 9th
I’m starting to notice that a lot of these festive ‘40s flicks have some heavy themes of tragic, doomed romance and 1944’s I’ll Be Seeing...
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Gary Jive
May 84 min read
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Day 134, May 8th
Holly jolly happy endings are the order of the day with the 1947 original version of Miracle on 34th Street, from director George Seaton....
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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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