Gary Jive
All I Want For Christmas Is You (2017) - Day 35, Jan 29th
There’s more doggy delights in the sugary sweet All I Want for Christmas is You (2017), a  computer-animated film based on the ubiquitous...
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Gary Jive
Jan 282 min
12 Dogs of Christmas (2005) - Day 34, Jan 28th
Far more accomplished and enjoyable is canine caper 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005). In a depression-era Pennsylvania town where the evil...
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Gary Jive
Jan 272 min
Operation: Christmas List (2016) - Day 33, Jan 27th
Yesterday, a cat and a snomwan made my spirit soar. Today, I’m brought down to earth with a thud by 2016’s Operation: Christmas List....
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Gary Jive
Jan 262 min
Bonus Short: The Snowman (1982)
Thing is, The Cat in the Hat… comes in at only about an hour long, so I’m worried it doesn’t truly qualify as a feature film. To make up...
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Gary Jive
Jan 262 min
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas - Day 32, Jan 26th
I’m stoked when the fates choose ‘Children’s Films’ as the next stage of my yuletide audiovisual adventure. Unlike Hallmark flicks, most...
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Gary Jive
Jan 254 min
Pete's Christmas (2013) - Day 31, Jan 25th
And so I arrive at the end of my first full month of Christmas movie bingeing and my last Hallmark movie. They’ve been a mixed bag,...
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Gary Jive
Jan 242 min
Christmas Magic (2011) - Day 30, Jan 24th
A much better movie about coping with loss is 2011’s Christmas Magic, a simple little tale with a supernatural angle from director John...
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Gary Jive
Jan 232 min
Cancel Christmas (2010) - Day 29, Jan 23rd
Cancel Christmas from 2010 is another film that demonstrates that Hallmark is a haven for once fleetingly popular actors looking to keep...
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Gary Jive
Jan 222 min
An Old Fashioned Christmas (2010) - Day 28, Jan 22nd
Today's reassuring but somewhat inessential Hallmark joint is 2010’s An Old-Fashioned Christmas, a period tale aimed squarely at the...
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Gary Jive
Jan 212 min
Christmas in Canaan (2009) - Day 27, Jan 21st
Today, I continue to feel bummed out as my football team is again playing totally rubbish. This sort of thing shouldn’t affect me that...
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Gary Jive
Jan 202 min
A Christmas Visitor (2002) - Day 26, Jan 20th
Another pretty different Hallmark one today with A Christmas Visitor (2002), a solemn, supernatural tearjerker from director Christopher...
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Gary Jive
Jan 192 min
The Santa Incident (2010) - Day 25, Jan 19th
Time for something seriously different with 2010’s The Santa Incident, director Yelena Lanskaya’s high concept but terribly executed tale...
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Gary Jive
Jan 182 min
A Rose for Christmas (2017) - Day 24, Jan 18th
Though yesterday's festive flick was a bit of a letdown, much better is 2017's A Rose for Christmas , largely due to another smashing...
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Gary Jive
Jan 172 min
A Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014) - Day 23, Jan 17th
Yesterday I realised that my back-to-back watching of festive films has started to feel like bingeing on junk food. This sort of thing is...
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Gary Jive
Jan 162 min
A Bride for Christmas (2012) - Day 22, Jan 16th
We’re back on U.S. soil, more specifically San Francisco for my next easy watch, A Bride for Christmas. This 2012 flick from director...
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Gary Jive
Jan 152 min
Crown For Christmas (2015) - Day 21, Jan 15th
Hallmark’s blatant disregard for plausibility continues in Crown for Christmas, a 2015 directorial effort from Alex Zamm. Danica McKeller...
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Gary Jive
Jan 142 min
The Mistletoe Promise (2016) - Day, 20, Jan 14th
There’s a feeling of déjà vu with The Mistletoe Promise, director David Winning’s 2016 movie about two strangers pretending to be a...
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Gary Jive
Jan 132 min
Window Wonderland (2013) - Day 19, Jan 13th
Today's movie is the first to acknowledge and explore another all-important element of the festive experience – the lavish department...
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Gary Jive
Jan 122 min
A Perfect Christmas (2016) - Day 18, Jan 12th
With a new resolve to face the world with a positive mindset, I stick on the ironically titled A Perfect Christmas, a low-key 2016 effort...
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Gary Jive
Jan 112 min
Christmas Bucket List (2016) - Day 17, Jan 11th
Alicia Witt is back for our next film, 2016’s deliciously silly Christmas Bucket List. Here, Witt puts those comedy chops to top use as...
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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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