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Director Edwin L Marin’s treasured antique American 1938 production of the Charles Dickens Christmas favourite A Christmas Carol is just right – warm, cosy and comforting. With a short running time of 70 minutes, it […]
The 1951 seasonal delight Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] is the simply best movie version of the Charles Dickens classic story A Christmas Carol. Alastair Sim gives a bravura performance as the old miserly skinflint Ebenezer […]
Ben Affleck stars as rich but lonely and obnoxious young Chicago ad executive Drew Latham, who hires a family to spend the holidays with. They are the wacky Valco family, Tom, Alicia, Christine and Brian (played […]
Oh, is it Christmas already? Then let’s go ho-ho-ho! In director Terry Zwigoff’s 2003 big comedy laughter-raiser, miserable conman crook Willie T Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) and his tiny Little Helper sidekick Marcus (Tony Cox) […]
Director Henry Selick’s 1993 ‘stop-motion’ animation feature film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas, produced by Tim Burton and based on a story and designs by him, is a beautifully realised, uniquely entertaining comic fantasy. […]
‘Down the chimney? You want me to take the toys down the chimney into a strange house, IN MY UNDERWEAR?’ – Scott Calvin. Fancy a seasonal caper? Director John Pasquin’s 1994 Walt Disney movie The […]
Dudley Moore gives an appealing turn as the head elf Patch, the sidekick to Santa Claus (David Huddleston), in the charming 1985 family favourite film Santa Claus: The Movie. The genial and lavish seasonal fantasy […]