Tag: Christmas movies
The Holdovers Knows the Pain of Being a Societal Reject Hits Different During the Holidays
David Hemingson is one of those screenwriters whose handprint has been left on many TV series (starting with the immortal and life-changing The Adventures of [Read More…]
Love Actually Is All About the Desperation Invoked By Loneliness
In the years since Love Actually was released, it’s been analyzed in hundreds of different ways. Not least of which is the shudder-inducing, super creepy [Read More…]
On the Grinch Finally Being Vindicated For His Misanthropy
In the past couple of years, some variation on a meme that goes, “The older I get, the more I understand why the Grinch wanted [Read More…]
Real Talk: Abby Should Have Ended Up With Riley in Happiest Season
As far as “instant classic” Christmas movies go, the only one to really make a mark in recent years has been Clea DuVall’s Happiest Season [Read More…]
(Not) Falling For Shitmas
There’s a famous line from Sunset Boulevard said by Joe Gillis (William Holden) that goes, “Sometimes it’s interesting to see just how bad bad writing [Read More…]
The Same Issues With Every Holiday Rom-Com Remain in Single All the Way Despite Its Gay Slant
Regardless of making the yuletide gay, Single All the Way, for all the praise it’s gotten (mainly for the presence of known ghoul Jennifer Coolidge [Read More…]
A Clüsterfünke Christmas Spotlights an Expanding Xmas Movie Genre: The Hallmark Parody (But The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Does It Better)
Just because the idea is there, doesn’t necessarily mean it will translate to the “greatness” imagined. Such is the case with A Clüsterfünke Christmas, written [Read More…]
Every Generation Becomes Worse Than the Last: Gremlins
As each year passes, and Gremlins evermore secures a place in the must-see canon of Christmas movies (even if unconventional ones in the vein of [Read More…]
When It Comes to Heart Transplant Rom-Coms, Stick With Return to Me, Not Last Christmas
In the annals of heart transplant “rom-coms,” there are very few to choose from. Arguably beginning with 1993’s Untamed Heart starring Christian Slater and Marisa [Read More…]
The Master-Slave Model of Romance in Love Actually
As time moves further away from 2003 and the accepted flagrant sexism that came with it–paraded with perhaps the most glee of all in film [Read More…]
