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Gary Jive
Mar 2, 20243 min read
Cooper's Christmas (2008) - Day 68, March 2nd
There’s even more crazy debauchery in 2008’s ‘found footage’ style ‘80s set Canadian comedy Cooper’s Christmas. In this one, using a...
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Gary Jive
Mar 1, 20243 min read
The Night Before (2015) - Day 67, March 1st
Next up is a film with more focus on the comedy than on the heavy stuff, director Jonathan Levine’s 2015 rowdy Christmas comedy The Night...
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Gary Jive
Feb 29, 20243 min read
The Apartment (1960) - Day 66, Feb 29th
Today, I move on to the first black and white classic Christmas film on my list, Billy Wilder’s beloved The Apartment from 1960. It’s the...
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Gary Jive
Feb 28, 20243 min read
Four Christmases (2008) - Day 65, Feb 28th
There’s more selfish shenanigans in director Seth Gordon’s Four Christmases, a delightfully silly 2008 comedy about the awkwardness of...
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Gary Jive
Feb 27, 20243 min read
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) - Day 64, Feb 27th
There’s more naughtiness in 2017’s A Bad Mom’s Christmas, the festive comedy follow-up to 2016’s Bad Moms, that saw three stressed out...
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Gary Jive
Feb 26, 20244 min read
Bad Santa (2003) - Day 63 - Feb 26th
There’s a glimmer of hope in the world as I start the third month of my festive filmic crusade. Her Majesty the Queen has announced in...
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Gary Jive
Feb 25, 20243 min read
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998) - Day 62 - Feb 25th
It's getting increasingly hard to squeeze in a festive film every damn day of the week and I'm often having to find sneaky ways to excuse...
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Gary Jive
Feb 24, 20242 min read
Home and Alone for Christmas (2012) - Day 61, Feb 24th
Fortunately, today's next film is miles better, than yesterday's doggone mess, albeit also pretty low- budget. Clumsily-titled Home and...
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Gary Jive
Feb 23, 20243 min read
Santa Stole Our Dog (2017) - Day 60, Feb 23rd
The confusing logic of yesterday's filmThe Ultimate Christmas Present does not hold a candle to the complete nonsensical dross of Santa...
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Gary Jive
Feb 22, 20242 min read
The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) - Day 59, Feb 22nd
Another surprisingly solid Disney made for TV effort is 2000’s The Ultimate Christmas Present, directed by Greg Beeman. There’s some good...
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Gary Jive
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Twas The Night (2001) - Day 58, Feb 21st
It’s been nearly two months that I’ve been down this festive film rabbit hole and at this point it needs to be asked – just how many...
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Gary Jive
Feb 20, 20243 min read
Noelle (2019) - Day 57, Feb 20th
After the unexpected delight of the Christmoose, a not-so-pleasant surprise follows with 2019’s Noelle, a big bucks Disney effort...
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Gary Jive
Feb 19, 20243 min read
A Christmoose Story (2013) - Day 56, Feb 19th
Following yesterday's kooky kitties, there’s far more satisfying animal shenanigans today in the 2013 Dutch effort A Christmoose...
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Gary Jive
Feb 18, 20243 min read
K9 Christmas: Scoot & Cassie's Christmas Adventure - Day 55, Feb 18th
Yesterday, we went to some dark places courtesy of Tim Burton. My next allegedly kiddie-friendly flick is far more pedestrian but also...
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Gary Jive
Feb 17, 20243 min read
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Day 54, Feb 17th
Watching these films every day was supposed to be an experiment, a test to see if the magic and wonder of Christmas movies could...
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Gary Jive
Feb 16, 20243 min read
Summertime Christmas (2010) - Day 53, Feb 16th
Today's offering is another thoroughly mad film, 2010’s Summertime Christmas, a supremely lacklustre movie made by people with a really...
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Gary Jive
Feb 15, 20243 min read
Santa Claws (2014) - Day 52, Feb 15th
Hats off to the maniac that thought up 2014’s cute-kittens-save-Christmas flick Santa Claws. Much like with Santa Buddies, it seems like...
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Gary Jive
Feb 14, 20243 min read
48 Christmas Wishes (2017) - Day 51, Feb 14th
There’s more touching, heart-tugging stuff next, albeit with but a fraction of The Grinch’s budget, in 2017’s TV movie 48 Christmas...
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Gary Jive
Feb 13, 20242 min read
The Grinch (2018) - Day 50, Feb 13th
After the extremely suspect climax of yesterday's movie, a film with a much holly jollier ending is 2018’s The Grinch, a winning...
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Gary Jive
Feb 12, 20243 min read
Christmas is Here Again (2007) - Day 49, Feb 12th
2007’s animated flight of fancy Christmas is Here Again features a dearth of well-known comic performers, though this one is squarely...
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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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