Gary Jive
Christmas Crossfire (2020) - Day 311, November 1st
Aware that the romantic Xmas films have been getting to me, for my next film I hunt down a Netflix Christmas flick that’s not remotely...
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Gary Jive
Oct 312 min read
The Holiday Calendar (2018) - Day 310, October 31st
Further evidencing Netflix’s desire to diversify the Christmas romance blueprint, 2018’s The Holiday Calendar brings another original...
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Gary Jive
Oct 302 min read
Holiday in the Wild (2019) - Day 309, October 30th
2019’s Holiday in the Wild has the feel of a standard Hallmark-y romcom but with one gigantic secret weapon - a huge budget. Turns out a...
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Gary Jive
Oct 293 min read
The Knight Before Christmas (2019) - Day 308, October 29th
We crank things up a notch next with 2019’s time travel fantasy romance fluff The Knight Before Christmas which is wish-fulfilment tosh...
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Gary Jive
Oct 283 min read
A California Christmas (2020) - Day 307, October 28th
With A California Christmas, Netflix jumped onboard the cheesy Hallmark/Lifetime train with their own opposites-attract big city business...
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Gary Jive
Oct 273 min read
Holidate (2020) - Day 306, October 27th
Well done to the makers of 2020’s Holidate for creating an entire movie around a flimsy concept that I’m pretty sure the writers just...
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Gary Jive
Oct 263 min read
Klaus (2019) - Day 305, October 26th
After a month of middling to crap Youtube efforts, I’m thinking that finally this is more like it as I settle in to watch some a load of...
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Gary Jive
Oct 251 min read
A Little Christmas Business (2013) - Day 304, October 25th
A Little Christmas Business from 2013 is a batshit crazy excursion into the fascinating tale of Daniel Baldwin’s self-inflicted career...
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Gary Jive
Oct 242 min read
Christmas Child (2012) - Day 303, October 24th
I get up ridiculously early next morning to watch 2004’s Christmas Child on my mobile phone in the dark on an airbed on the floor of an...
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Gary Jive
Oct 232 min read
Christmas With Holly (2012) - Day 302, October 23rd
I take in my next festive freebie while getting ready to nip off on a weekend break with my wife and her family and I’m probably not...
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Gary Jive
Oct 223 min read
The Least of These: A Christmas story (2018) - Day 301, October 22nd
2018’s The Least of These: A Christmas Story is a more faith-based film with a novel twist, exploring that conundrum about teaching kids...
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Gary Jive
Oct 212 min read
Crazy For Christmas (2005) - Day 300, October 21st
Despite being another low-key TV movie, 2005’s Crazy for Christmas turns out to be a real standout find amongst the free Youtube movies....
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Gary Jive
Oct 203 min read
Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009) - Day 299, October 20th
The next Youtube festive freebie on my list is 2009’s Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe. I have never seen Santa Baby part one, as it is not...
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Gary Jive
Oct 192 min read
A Princess for Christmas (2011) - Day 298, October 19th
2011’s A Princess for Christmas is an early Hallmark ‘Christmas Princess’ movie and perhaps the prototype for the deluge of similar...
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Gary Jive
Oct 182 min read
Christmas Oranges (2012) - Day 297, October 18th
2012 kiddie flick Christmas Oranges is a perfectly fine, if uneventful period piece with decent performances from a pleasant young cast....
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Gary Jive
Oct 172 min read
The Legend of the Christmas Witch (2018) - Day 296, October 17th
With the awful memory of the Christmas Devil still in my mind, The Legend of the Christmas Witch sounds like it’s going to be another...
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Gary Jive
Oct 163 min read
Krampus 2: The Devil Returns (2016) - Day 295, October 16th
Krampus 2: The Devil Returns from 2016 offers a welcome change of gear, though this is definitely not be a sequel to the splendid 2015...
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Gary Jive
Oct 152 min read
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008) - Day 294, October 15th
There’s yet more syrupy TV movie fare with 2008’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, which is standard Hallmark stuff elevated several ...
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Gary Jive
Oct 142 min read
Home By Christmas (2006) Day 293, October 14th
For anyone wondering what Linda Hamilton got up to between Terminator films, here you go - in 2006 she starred in middling, made-for-TV...
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Gary Jive
Oct 132 min read
A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) - Day 292, October 13th
Our first day in our new house is filled with dull cleaning and unpacking, so what better way to keep my spirits high than to watch a...
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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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