Red One movie review: a very copaganda Christmas
Unfunny action comedy can’t even pull off sloppy Yuletide kitsch. The anti-chemistry among its likable stars is “bested” only by the ugly CGI. Have some light festive violence — you know, for kids!
Santa Claus
is Santa Claus white?
Is it a slur on trickster elves to deny that Santa is one of them? Has anyone contacted Santa to ask what he considers his racial makeup to be?
question of the weekend: What do you want for Christmas?
Me? I just want the usual: world peace, a pony, and George Clooney.
Rise of the Guardians (review)
There’s genuine magic here. Dark magic, even. That’s a good thing.
Arthur Christmas movie review: sufficiently advanced Christmas magic
Is there sweet? Absolutely. But it is cut with funny: sometimes wicked, sometimes manic, often hysterical, always clever funny. And a whole lotta poignant, too.
question of the day: What actor who hasn’t already done so should play Santa Claus?
I’m gonna do a gender switch and say that Dawn French would be a fantastic Santa…
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale movie review
You simply need to see this to believe that anyone would conceive of such an outlandishly demented Christmas fantasy. In playing with the creepy roots of the story of Santa, Rare Exports finds the grim awfulness in the supposedly pleasant fantasy…
watch it: retro 1960s Norelco commercial
Starring Santa! Which is sorta ironic, actually, since clearly Santa does not need a razor. A beard trimmer, maybe, but not a razor.
watch it: “Santa Claus (1898)”
Wow. This movie — from the archives of the British Film Institute — is 110 years old:
Cast Away movie review: island boy
I am very happy to report that Cast Away is terrific. And touching and smart and willing to grant the audience a modicum of intelligence. I will never again be able to look at a purple and orange FedEx logo and not think about Tom Hanks and Cast Away. This is an unforgettable film, full of imagery and emotion that lingers, one that far exceeds even the high expectations that accompany it.
