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Tagged: Christmas

· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 20, 2018

Holiday Movie Duel: Home Alone vs. Dial Code Santa Claus

I usually try to keep a pretty level playing field here on Movie Duels. If I tried to compare Transformers to Transmorphers, it probably wouldn’t be very interesting, at least not in the way I intended it. My…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 12, 2018

Xena: Warrior Princess “A Solstice Carol”

One of the charms of Xena: Warrior Princess, as well as its progenitor Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, is how episodes could alternate from charming romps to dark dramas. This episode certainly falls into the former category, since (as…

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· by Cecil Trachenburg · Dec 26, 2016

VIDEO: Santa Claus (1959)

Cecil takes a look at the MST3k favorite insane Christmas movie from 1959, Santa Claus, directed by René Cardona.

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· by Count Jackula · Dec 26, 2016

VIDEO: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

Count Jackula rails against Rankin/Bass's 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.

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· by Joey Tedesco · Dec 26, 2015

VIDEO: Top 5 flaws in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Is this movie as perfect as people make it out to be?

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· by Ed Harris · Dec 23, 2015

RiffTrax Live! Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (2015)

“Needless to say, it fails to match the grandeur of that time Elmer Fudd played the giant in a vain, desperate attempt to avoid typecasting.”

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 2, 2015

Downton Abbey: A Very Downton Christmas

DOWNTON ABBEY: A Very Downton Christmas

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· by Horror Guru · Jan 8, 2015

VIDEO: Black Christmas (1974)

It's the fourth annual Blood Splattered Christmas Special, as the Horror Guru tackles Bob Clark's sorority slaying slashterpiece Black Christmas.

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· by Cecil Trachenburg · Jan 4, 2015

VIDEO: Black Christmas (2006)

Cecil gives the remake of Black Christmas the full “exploring treatment”, with a comprehensive look at a little of the 1974 original and a lot of the 2006 remake.

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· by Joey Tedesco · Dec 28, 2014

VIDEO: Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009)

This might as well be the 34583rd film adaptation of A Christmas Carol, now brought to us from the schmucks at Image Movers! Bah, Humbug!

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· by Susan Velazquez · Dec 24, 2014

Not-So-Classic Christmas Color Classics (part 3 of 4) Come and Visit Us

(This is part 3 of our series of Christmas Color Classics recaps. Read part 1 and part 2.) The other day I had a conversation with my boyfriend, who was very shocked to learn that I never watched the traditional…

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· by David Rose · Dec 23, 2014

VIDEO: Bad Santa (2003)

In this special holiday episode, we sit on the lap of the 2003 dark comedy Bad Santa, which stars Billy Bob Thornton as an embittered veteran con artist who spends his Christmases burglarize shopping malls with his short-of-stature business partner, played by Tony Cox, while in the guise of a department store Santa Claus and his helper elf.

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· by Sursum Ursa · Dec 17, 2014

VIDEO: Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather (2006)

The Discworld! Terry Pratchett! Sky One! Visuals that are (mostly) gorgeous, main characters who are (mostly) brilliant, and a three-hour miniseries that should have been shorter. But still, Death is in it. And he's wonderful. Also, Ursa talks about hero/villain shipping.

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 11, 2014

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

“I’m surprised the tagline was ‘Seeing is believing’ and not ‘You will believe reindeer can fly!’”

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· by Rick Lewis · Sep 18, 2014

Lifetime Original Movie "Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever" is a real thing and just made my day with best-ever casting

Lifetime Original Movie "Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever" is a real thing and just made my day with best-ever casting

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· by Cecil Trachenburg · Dec 30, 2013

VIDEO: Santa’s Slay (2005)

Cecil talks about the hysterical Santa's Slay, a great movie that takes itself just seriously enough. It's a holiday classic that should be watched every year, along with A Christmas Story and Black Christmas.