An Eyelyd Christmas
Four Rooms, Three Flops.
Tim Roth plays the overly exuberant Bellhop, Ted who is left alone to tend to the needs of a group of eccentric and dangerous guests on New Years Eve. Ted’s try hard energy (that of someone on their first night on the job) is irksome from the get go. His awkward body movements and facial…
Read MoreIt’s A Wonderful Life, lest we forget
Capra’s masterpiece tells the story of George Bailey, a happy-go-lucky young man on the brink of a bright future until he inherits the responsibility of the Building and Loan company his father owned until he passed away. After Bailey becomes so desolate and unfulfilled in his life, an angel is sent from above to show…
Read MoreFrozen, 2013. Finally a relatable Disney Princess.
So, I decided for my month of Christmas movie blogging that I would finally submit myself to the magic and glory of Disney and sit through Frozen, 2013. That really was how I approached it. It was going to be an endurance test, to see if I can make it all the way through. You’ll…
Read MoreThe Grinch, my spirit animal.
Ron Howard’s 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey is an iconic piece of cinema. The surreal world of Whoville is brought to life in the full length feature film, adapted from Dr.Seuss’s 1957 children’s book.Dr. Seuss, a writer, illustrator, filmmaker – all around creative whiz kid illustrated political cartoons during the war…
Read MoreThe Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993. Make Halloween Town Great Again?
Is it a Halloween film…or a Christmas film? The age-old debate that has everyone weighing up the amount of happy, jolly Christmass-y content, versus the ghoulish undercurrent of the filmJack Skellington resides in Halloween Town with a whole community of wonderfully weird beings. One day he stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes instantly transfixes with…
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